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by smsm42 1163 days ago
> But quality of life and crime rates are not the same thing.

True. But if you say "shoplifting is not a crime anymore" and then citizens say "I am not going to report my car getting broken into because what's the use?" - then yes, crime rate statistics on these drops like a stone, but did we really improve anything here?