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Originally Posted by Vlajos
What did they do, and why doesn't Chicago do the same then?
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As has been said here before: kicked all the poors out, problem solved.
To be more nuanced about it, the solution was a combination of gentrification and harsher sentencing. They also engaged in some very controversial practices like racial profiling during stops. At the end of the day it's not as simple as "all the poor people are gone" because that's not true, it's a matter of "enough of the poor people left and were replaced by non-poor residents who don't tolerate crime and cooperate with police".
If half of Englewood was suddenly occupied by yuppies, you bet the murder problem would evaporate even if everyone living there now stayed. Why? Because the yuppies would call the police over and over again on any obnoxious gang party houses or report exactly what they saw to police when shots were fired. This is what happens in gentrifying areas that tamps down on crime. I saw it happen on my own street in Logan Square were a bunch of neighbors got a trouble maker arrested and then got his parents house cracked down on by the buildings department until they were forced to move.