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Raecino t1_j5kzndj wrote

You’re delusional if you think development stops crime and shootings.

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dude_catastrophe t1_j5l33by wrote

Maybe not so much with market-rate housing, but affordable housing development and/or city-funded repair programs to existing homes does have an effect on crime. This was identified in a UPenn study with the PHDC: https://whyy.org/articles/how-fixing-leaky-roofs-reduced-crime-in-philly-neighborhoods/

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Raecino t1_j5l7nb1 wrote

Yes I was speaking about the former and I do support the latter.

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