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The great crime decline is happening all across the country

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  1. downrightmike · · focus · HN ↗
    Just like abortions in the 70's stopped the super criminals from existing in the 90's. Not having unwanted kids goes a long way to prevent crime. Now we are in the place where people want kids, but can't afford them so they aren't.
    1. beaned · · focus · HN ↗
      Children have never been more affordable than they are now. People's wants and expectations have changed.
      1. chanakya · · focus · HN ↗
        Exactly. If you want to bring up kids the way they were brought up in the 50s and 60s, it will cost less as a proportion of people's incomes today. No one wants to bring up kids that way, though.
        1. JumpCrisscross · · focus · HN ↗
          Actually curious for someone to run the numbers on this.
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