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Originally Posted by Katrillion
I'm a high school student and my friend group really aren't afraid to go downtown but it is so dirty and gross there. I know half the population at my school would rather go to the Ancaster Meadowlands Power Centre.
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They are afraid of going downtown, and the reason is because it is so dirty and gross. And they're not wrong to be afraid, because unpleasant situations including crime are a lot more likely to happen in places that are dirty and gross.
If we cleaned up the streets, both the risks and as importantly the perceived risks would go down, and their preferences would change.