Quote Originally Posted by WES View Post
It may be accepted by some, GG, but it is hardly a consensus.

So error number one is that you said crime in NYC. Roe v Wade established a constitutional right to an abortion but that had no impact in NYC because NY state already had the most liberal abortion laws in America before Roe v Wade. And after Roe v Wade, NYC had the worst crime rates in its history for the remainder of the 70s and the 80s, it wasn’t until the economic boom of the late 80s that the city’s finances turned around, and it wasn’t until Rudy spent the money and established zero tolerance that crime really came down.

I worked in NYC in the 90s and lived there for 3 1/2 years in the early 00s, GG. It was incredibly safe simply because Manhattan was flooded with cops. You couldn’t walk a block in any direction without seeing one.

An increase in abortion rates, if that actually happened in NY, had a trivial impact compared to the investment in NYPD.
RvW was '73. So would have no impact until the late '80s at the earliest.

But oh look, as soon as there aren't any unwanted 17+ year olds walking around mugging people come 1990, you have an economic boom. Strange, dat. I wonder what could possibly be the connection? :rubschin: