cities with highest unemployment rates are the ones with the highest metal theft

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/0...6pLid%3D125693

dont know if you guys read this but it tells you times are hard .
look up articles about fresno , california

there have been numerous study's that show a direct correlation between a shortage of decent paying jobs and increased crime rates. those same study's show an increase in drug use and child/spousal abuse during high unemployment. destitution creates desperation. desperate people will do whatever it takes to survive.

the increasing number of part time minimal wage no benefit positions will only continue the current problems.

detroit has had massive problems with buildings being stripped for the copper.

I have read analysis that shows you can either fund support for the poor (housing,transportation,food) or law enforcement/incarceration...amazingly it costs the same. In my mind it is far more ethical and farsighted to hold families and communities together with help than fund the highest incarceration rate IN THE WORLD. Poverty is an endemic problem of all urban environments going back to Rome. When our corporatocracy gutted U.S. manufacturing over the last 30 years that was a death sentence for the America we knew,now we get to watch it get worse and worse. Europe has similar metal theft problems as does central/south America. I fear that scrappers will be targets of hold-ups/truck-jackings very soon. Keep your stashes safe and remote y'all.

Originally Posted by rbrooks715

there have been numerous study's that show a direct correlation between a shortage of decent paying jobs and increased crime rates. those same study's show an increase in drug use and child/spousal abuse during high unemployment. destitution creates desperation. desperate people will do whatever it takes to survive.

the increasing number of part time minimal wage no benefit positions will only continue the current problems.

detroit has had massive problems with buildings being stripped for the copper.

Basically the whole central inland part of California from north to south is flat broke. I know, I live here.

check out the prison budget for california. combine that with the number of low paying jobs and non reporting immigrant jobs.

might be an answer in there.

Originally Posted by rbrooks715

check out the prison budget for california. combine that with the number of low paying jobs and non reporting immigrant jobs.

might be an answer in there.

[cheesy game show host] Bingo! We have a winner! What do we have for him Dave? [/cheesy game show host]

lol

we have a failing economy. increasing unemployment and under employment. rising taxes. higher crime rates. a larger debt. budget deficits.

i doubt if even the winners will find it very amusing.

i have a cousin that lives in northern california. he hopes to find a buyer so he can move out. doesn't look very promising.