sit_down_man t1_ix856tf wrote on November 21, 2022 at 2:13 PM

Reply to comment by JKnott1 in City reaches 300th homicide for 8th year in a row by Maxcactus

That’s nice and all, but I take issue with the idea that (1) we haven’t had elected officials that want the city to heal and (2) that wanting the city to heal means anything as far as policy change.

Unless the city/state implement widespread poverty alleviation measures and transformative transit/housing/jobs programs, then we will keep having lots of murders and shootings in the poorest parts of the city.

Ocarina_of_Crime_ t1_ix8mvw7 wrote on November 21, 2022 at 4:22 PM

This is the correct answer

YoYoMoMa t1_ixcr7g7 wrote on November 22, 2022 at 1:48 PM

>Unless the city/state implement widespread poverty alleviation

I agree, but the question is always, with what money?

sit_down_man t1_ixcren4 wrote on November 22, 2022 at 1:50 PM

Needs to come from the state cuz the city has no tax base - unless some miracle merged the city and county and we could actually fund basic services lol.