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A comment on The Bay Area Crime Wave. Parent comment
>> I can go to a warehouse here in cheap Central PA and have a job tomorrow making $30-35/hr working on the loading dock. You can live on that here
isn't going to get you enough to live in the Bay Area.
> Is it really a lack of jobs driving these young people to crime, like the essay claims?
No, it's their own moral weakness plus perceived opportunity. I thought I made that clear in my previous comment.
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>> I can go to a warehouse here in cheap Central PA and have a job tomorrow making $30-35/hr working on the loading dock. You can live on that here
isn't going to get you enough to live in the Bay Area.
> Is it really a lack of jobs driving these young people to crime, like the essay claims?
No, it's their own moral weakness plus perceived opportunity. I thought I made that clear in my previous comment.