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well, I don't know what type of crime is intended. It's a pretty broad term. But the crime rate in Toronto, for example, is considerably lower than cities with comparable percentages of poverty or other big cities like Detroit, Chicago, Boston, New York, Atlanta.
Just as an example.
I think JE is saying that poverty is not the primary cause for crime because there are areas in the US and outside the US that have higher poverty rates but lower crime and even among comparable urban centers in industrialized nations, the incidence of crime is lower.
So what's the function or impact of poverty in the scheme of crime?
I understand the Toronto argument.
However, I think the post still stands. let's find some numbers that show poverty levels and maybe compare against violent crime (whatever stats are out there) and pick a few US cities.
Poverty may have little to do with it, but ease of making "quick money".. aka illegal money might have more to do with it. Easier to make money when the country is rich, but the area is poor.