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Originally Posted by chemgear
This came up in the Westbrook C-Train station thread years ago. Calgary Police Crime Statistics show crime rate increases were much higher than the city average after a train station opened up. Nevermind the drugs of course.
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There were several stations along that line that didn’t see such drastic increases, how do you explain that?
As someone who used to live literally a block away from where the station currently is less than 2 years before it was built, I can’t say that the area hadn’t already been going downhill. There are numerous socioeconomic factors such as recessions and the rise of fentanyl that also contributed to the problem.
While a train station may increase crime to a small degree due to increased foot traffic, the same could be said anytime a bar or even a grocery store opens up in a community. The net benefits still outweigh the negatives. I think that your apparent fear of society may be clouding your judgement and causing you to view things a little irrationally, or at the very least is getting in the way of using basic critical thinking to overcome a confirmation bias.