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Living in a neighborhood in Oakland CA with no enforcer and annoyingly blatant property crime, I’m willing to give an enforcer a try cause it’s not like people trust the police here or that they even come when you call them.

>>kf+(OP)
Then stop electing the same people who de-prioritize prosecuting property crime.

I'm amazed by SF and close areas utter disregard for what is normal crime wise. Most people in most cities don't have a story about their car window being smashed in and rummaged through. Every thread I see here / on reddit about SF someone mentions that its completely normal and should be expected there.

>>tomsch+r1
...living in evolving anarchy has benefits though. I suspect that San Francisco’s open air drug market with dangerously cheap methamphetamine is one of the dirty secrets behind the engine of creation of Silicon Valley.

>>kf+n3
Interesting theory; from what I've seen though, it's fueled more by Adderral scrips.

>>dilap+yt
There’s lots of that too. My theory implies that a bunch of people that say they’re taking adderall are actually doing a little meth before they get on the Google bus because it’s cheaper and easier to get.

>>kf+N71
More years ago than I care to admit, I suspected that Intel's Multibus II design showed evidence of the use of "nose candy" in SV...

>>dilap+yt
I have a related theory, which is that a prime differentiator between astounding life success and abject failure is which drugs you get addicted to.

>>kf+n3
Interesting - meth is considered a poor man's drug in Europe, a person with more than less money would never touch it (and favor cocaine).

>>TomMar+H22
I’m not a meth user but I have one very wealthy friend who is. He insists that meth in the USA is used only by the very rich and the very poor with no middle class use.