Crime in New York City Plunges to a Level Not Seen Since the 1950s

Re:Crime in New York City Plunges to a Level Not Seen Since ... by hueving on Friday December 29, 2017 @05:55AM (#16028813)

What are we supposed to do? People seem to be against institutionalization because it denies them their freedom and they refuse to use the many public and private homeless assistance programs available to them.

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Re:Crime in New York City Plunges to a Level Not Seen Since ... by akvadrako on Friday December 29, 2017 @06:05AM (#16028850)

It's not like this is a unique local issue, but SF seems to handle it worse than almost any other city in the developed world. All you need is the political will and to copy how other places do it.

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Re:Crime in New York City Plunges to a Level Not Seen Since ... by DavidSJ on Friday December 29, 2017 @09:33AM (#16029607)

The high cost of housing no doubt plays a large role in the Bay Area's homelessness situation.

That in turn has a demand side cause -- the continued influx of highly paid tech workers -- and a supply side cause -- the economically illiterate politics which paints housing development as some sort of handout to developers. The supply side of this problem could be fixed through political means, at no real cost to anyone. New York has 6x the population density of San Francisco yet lower housing prices, because it has the capacity to meet the demand.

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Re:Crime in New York City Plunges to a Level Not Seen Since ... by pjc50 on Friday December 29, 2017 @06:39AM (#16028975)

Do they refuse, or are the facilities full or inadequate? What about the process by which people get into this state in the first place?

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