"3)Development of liquor stores, pawn shops and gun stores ... all of which IMO promote crime in a given area. Liquor stores fuel tempers and diminish inhibitions. Pawn shops encourage theft and muggings. Gun stores provide tools to many people who intend to commit crimes, and many stores conduct "under the table" deals. Areas developed this way are always ethnic and always poor. Middle to Upper middle class would NEVER allow their area to be developed that way as it would dramatically effect their property values. The people who live in these areas almost NEVER own these businesses, and are mostly low income. POOR=CRIME. Its just that simple."
You should see downtown SLC...state st. is marred with that shit...still, it's not a very dangerous part of town at all...the dangerous areas are out in West Valley or Rose Park...just FYI.
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