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Re:In effect, Seattle is decriminalizing the use of hard drugs by taurath on Friday August 23, 2019 @02:29PM (#20780869)
Every stat on violent crime I’ve seen is that the 80s were a peak tho?
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Re:In effect, Seattle is decriminalizing the use of hard drugs by seanmcdirmid on Friday August 23, 2019 @03:04PM (#20781320)
The homeless problem wasn’t as large in the 80s, violent crime was maybe higher, but property crime seems to have been lower.

I worked at 3rd and pine McDonald’s in 94-95 (one of the main hangouts for Seattle’s homeless population back then), and downtown was a lot more sane back then. The policing was much more aggressive than it is today, which I think had a large part to do with that.

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