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Happy Valley on Prozac
A simple change in city government to focus on citizen well-being rather than direct subsidies to businesses would put all of these amenities within reach.
A bit of research to bolster this assertion, from today’s NYT:
Local nonprofit groups that responded to the violence by cleaning streets, building playgrounds, mentoring children and employing young men had a real effect on the crime rate. That’s what Patrick Sharkey, a sociologist at New York University, argues in a new study and a forthcoming book. Mr. Sharkey doesn’t contend that community groups alone drove the national decline in crime, but rather that their impact is a major missing piece.
“This was a part that has been completely overlooked and ignored in national debates over the crime drop,” he said. “But I think it’s fundamental to what happened.”
A simple change in city government to focus on citizen well-being rather than direct subsidies to businesses would put all of these amenities within reach.
Very succinct summary!
A bit of research to bolster this assertion, from today’s NYT:
Local nonprofit groups that responded to the violence by cleaning streets, building playgrounds, mentoring children and employing young men had a real effect on the crime rate. That’s what Patrick Sharkey, a sociologist at New York University, argues in a new study and a forthcoming book. Mr. Sharkey doesn’t contend that community groups alone drove the national decline in crime, but rather that their impact is a major missing piece.
“This was a part that has been completely overlooked and ignored in national debates over the crime drop,” he said. “But I think it’s fundamental to what happened.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/09/upshot/the-unsung-role-that-ordinary-citizens-played-in-the-great-crime-decline.html?mabReward=CTM1&recid=0w8EbmIPnVaAZ9Cqyi3NdK0aCE5&recp=6