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This has become an area of academic research, that people often mistake the profound discomfort of visible poverty with risk of violent danger
People "Feel Unsafe" Because Visible Poverty Is Everywhere
Media hysteria around “rising crime” works because it touches on something real: a palpable increase in visible human suffering. What matters is how we alleviate that suffering.
www.columnblog.com
December 6, 2024 at 3:50 PM
This has become an area of academic research, that people often mistake the profound discomfort of visible poverty with risk of violent danger