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Originally Posted by puckluck
Really? did you read the comment I responded to?
Seems like you imagined what he said.
Detroit was the first city that came to mind. I could have used every single city in Canada and the U.S and my argument would be the same and valid. The economy doesn't effect drug dealers. People that are going to get high are not going to let anything stop them and these are the people that are breaking into cars at night and robbing people in their homes, and I think you know that. You made up an argument and argued with something I never said.
Bottom line is that the current economy doesn't equal less drugs and doesn't equal less crime.
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While I completely agree with you that drug addicts are going to get drugs in ANY economy, I was just reading the other day about how it's very odd but the despite the poor economy, crime rates have actually decreased across the board.
http://www.q13fox.com/news/kcpq-0712...,2294726.story
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SEATTLE —
It may seem like an obvious connection: our economy's down, so crime rates are on the rise, right? Not so fast, say analysts from the FBI.
Crime is down across the board, and the exact reason is tough to pin down. The FBI says nationwide, crime rates dropped 5.5% percent for violent crime and about 5% for property crime during 2009, in the lowest depths of the recession.
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The article goes further to discuss Seattle specifically.
I personally, would have thought the opposite.