In Lowell experiment, crime linked to conditions
"As part of an experiment to see whether disorderly conditions breed bad behavior, this trash-strewn hot spot was eventually cleaned up." (Brenda Bond, Boston Globe)
Timely research report for Wednesday's neighborhood forum. It's a scientific fact - trash strewn streets breed crime.
2 comments:
This is a basic concept that the most outspoken in our community refuse to accept.
The worse the grime, the worse the crime.
By cleaning up our streets and neighborhoods, the residents SHOULD have more pride in their neighborhoods, more pride ='s more caring, once the crime rate drops the property values go up, allowing the city to collect more monies, further funding crime prevention and beautification projects.
Of course it always seems to be that city government falls in line with those who say it is just another excuse to take more money away from the citizens of this city.
(perhaps these are the people who want to keep the poor poor, and the crime ridden neighborhoods crime ridden, so that their property value remains higher than the average, which were alot of the people who demanded changes in the property tax laws, which left us with more a deficit)
Ahh, if it were only so simple as just doing the right thing, eh?
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