Quote Originally Posted by Vox View Post
What does it matter? Commerce is safer by far, isn't it? That's the bottom line.
Why is "safe" the bottom line? Safety isn't an attribute of geography or built environment. If you want safety, you either work to solve the underlying social problems, or you wall yourself off from them and fuck everyone else. Commerce isn't safe because it was built on land with natural crime-repellent properties, or because its police are some kind of superhuman crime-stopping machines, it's safe because Detroit is there to contain all the poor people at a safe distance.