[Lagged2Death]

They say "There’s nothing inevitable about the level of crime at Walmart." and justify that statement by saying that if Walmart: added more greeters, scrap self-checkout, made stores smaller, it would reduce crime. That's a nonsensical and isn't explained in the article, we're just meant to accept that.

The article doesn't make this explicit connection you're making, and it does justify expert recommendations by pointing out that other stores that follow such recommendations (including Wal-Mart itself in times past) reap real benefits.

...ultimately you'd just shift the problem to a different location...

So there's a constant level of crime that can never be changed? That's elitist, maybe racist suburban thinking. It's also very much in opposition to modern crime-prevention philosophy. It's a pretty huge generalization to throw out when you're complaining that other people aren't justifying their claims.

[brianmurphy]

Do you have examples to counter this "racist suburban thinking?" Chicago, Baltimore, New York, DC are famous examples but I've not heard of one crime free major metropolitan area. And I don't think that's due to lack of trying or suburban racists.