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[Hank Chinaski]

Originally Posted by Adder

There's quite a bit of historical evidence that people staying home - during weather events (or just cold) and even things like when there are popular video games released - crime goes measurably down. I'd start with things actually being quite a bit safer right now being the default assumption. What a Stern staffer said is far from enough to overcome that presumption for me, but ymmv. Also, I'm going to go out on a (pretty sturdy) limb and guess that the staffer is white, given that the presence of police makes him feel safer.

That said, they two or so times I've been downtown in the last month and a half have felt weird because people experiencing homeless seemed to be almost the only people around. They're always around, of course, but there's usually others around too.

My expectations are framed by the movie Contagion, and what happened there after lock down.