Pop: 30,000.
Homeless teenagers hanging out in the street. Homeless or mentally ill adults hanging out in the library, the bank lobbies, assorted other public places. Children with no one home hanging out in the library because they don't have any day care arrangements.
A murder over a bad drug deal in the hall outside the victim's apartment where his newborn baby slept.
An organized gang of purse snatchers. Armed robbery in convenience stores. Arson.
Petty larceny in my place of work: CDs, magazines, headphones, computer speakers, plants, and an occasional book.
I remember rocketing across the street to the square to confront a person who grabbed my youngest daughter because she was visiting the comic book shop. I threatened her with arrest if she ever touched my daughter again.
No anti-war marches, though. And lots of church attendance. The protest marches are, in fact, mostly against abortion, and are organized by the more conservative churches. Perhaps they are mostly crazy too.
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