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haele

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3. Our violence level has gone down over the years

Reply to abqtommy (Reply #2)

Sun Apr 25, 2021, 03:24 PM

Apr 2021

As the city works to fix some issues they find others. Mental health and homelessness are biggies now.
A focus on community policing and low income job training and programs have helped fix a lot of the old gang issues, but unaffordable housing is really biting the city in the ass.

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We had a mass shooting Thursday, just another one that no longer makes news. [View all] haele Apr 2021 OP

It's a good thing those unarmed good guys were there. Aristus Apr 2021 #1

I used to live in San Diego County. There was a lot of violence there. I don't live there abqtommy Apr 2021 #2

Our violence level has gone down over the years haele Apr 2021 #3

To be fair, at one point after I left California I lived in Green Bay WI for about 7 years abqtommy Apr 2021 #4