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[deleted] t1_jdah3no wrote

Reply to comment by Imaginary_Kangaroo80 in Other states.. by Imaginary_Kangaroo80

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Imaginary_Kangaroo80 OP t1_jdai9vo wrote

100% poverty does breed crime. I’m thankful to be in a fortunate lucky spot but this state does have a high rent problem among other things but I’m thinking on the positives. Hopefully these things do get better. For everyone.

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greenglasstree t1_jdauxth wrote

I feel like it doesn't always. If you compare Southeast Asia to Latin America, they are at similar levels of socioeconomic development yet Southeast Asia is far less violent.

Bhutan is a great example of a poor country that is not violent.

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dragoninahat t1_jdazfnp wrote

Do you know if there's similar rates of income inequality as well? I'm curious if that plays into it.

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FourAM t1_jdc8i9x wrote

Yeah I think that “we all collectively get by on very little” vs “I had a nice home and my dickhead landlord priced me out of it because everyone else was doing the same to their tenants” is a big motivating factor in “I turned to crime”

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dragoninahat t1_jddmj29 wrote

Yeah, that would be my assumption too. I'm not sure if stats back it up in general. But it makes sense as poor and rich are comparative, looking at 1000 years ago or whatever and what's poor and rich is very different.

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greenglasstree t1_jdey2pl wrote

I think it's the income inequality more than poverty.

If it were poverty and low education, you'd see more homicide in Sub-Saharan Africa than Latin America.

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