As the economy goes south, petty theft begins. And then grand theft. And then muggings.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Opportunity makes a thief.
Crime is a product of social excess.
We're rapidly approaching a world comprised entirely of jail and shopping.
Identity theft is one of the fastest-growing crimes in the nation - especially in the suburbs.
The accumulation of personal wealth and the extension of commercial transactions have developed a great and lamentable increase in certain classes of crimes, while the improvements in transport have largely facilitated the escape of fugitive criminals.
So often we rob tomorrow's memories by today's economies.
If you don't hurt anybody or try to steal anything, you'll be fine in the South.
Individually the poor are not too tempting to thieves, for obvious reasons. Mug a banker and you might score a wallet containing a month's rent. Mug a janitor and you will be lucky to get away with bus fare to flee the crime scene.
Property is theft.
Crime is stupid, lazy and weak. You can only exploit it and make money out of it.