grimace_buckle_26

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[โ€“] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago

Always interesting watching "back the blue" people breaking the laws, it's as if they have a different reason to have that stance ๐Ÿค”

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submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
 

Since covid, I've seen more traffic violations than ever before and have seen 1 traffic stop (literally). People drive fast, pass in the bike lane or in the street parking, rarely stop at stop signs, and do not yield to pedestrian crossing. In Indianapolis, the police budget is 1/3 of the entire city tax revenue, so how do we have safer streets?

:edit: shared link is 100 pedestrians were reported hit in August 2024

[โ€“] [email protected] 0 points 7 months ago

Yeah I would. Once good jobs are wildly available and education rises, crime tends to drop

The Effects of Unemployment on Crime Rates in the U.S

https://repository.gatech.edu/server/api/core/bitstreams/9e7ce1f1-69d5-4d15-b280-866c6a5c2602/content

[โ€“] [email protected] 0 points 7 months ago

Most definitely, I just don't think the difficult economy is helping anyone's mood

[โ€“] [email protected] 0 points 7 months ago (4 children)

I think teens face economic hardship directly. They often are financially stuck to whatever their parents allow or have access to and if they do get a job it's typically at the minimum wage

But yeah, teens statically make more rash decisions like this

[โ€“] [email protected] 0 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Yeah, there have been studies that show cognitive impairment tied to prolong stressed caused by poverty. I'll have to dig them up. Nothing tied to mass shootings, but I don't think it's a leap if someone is having a hard time making rent and food to maybe not make the best decisions every day

Not saying that poor or homeless people are a problem, saying economic stressors affect us in more ways than we might immediately see

Property values seem in part tied to all of the excess money coming into the state, I've been around here for a decade and never seen so many out of state tags as since the pandemic. Even lower middle class in NY or CA can afford higher prices

[โ€“] [email protected] 0 points 7 months ago (10 children)

I worry as inflation and joblessness increase things like this will continue. Rent in Indianapolis has tripled since 2019, and wages haven't kept up

And smart cameras and other surveillance that has increases in Indy since 2019 hasn't helped and most likely don't help prevent violent crimes

[โ€“] [email protected] 0 points 7 months ago

Mission27 (all locations) has stuff from Target and they usually have sunscreen and other topicals

[โ€“] [email protected] 0 points 7 months ago

They have a lot of events and talks there, always nice to go during one of those