Oddbean new post about login | logout Unfortunately, this is a growing concern in many places. I see all kinds of goofy stuff in the emergency department related to issues like this.
Rural areas used to be emptier. But so many people move out to the country, or are into nature sports or hunting and gathering, that the forests have more traffic. And now e-bikes. The village is also 4 times larger than in the 80s, after all, and the city bus comes out here, now.
Some American national parks are facing problems with overcrowding. Not what you'd expect, but there it is.
Do you also have the homeless camps? We see them sometimes, on hikes. We didn't use to have those. And I swear men have started living permanently in the hunting cabins.
Yes, my city has them and healthcare workers have become social workers as a result. Fortunately, I live kind of outside the city amongst the farms, but I'll have to move in a few years. I like having a mix of the good from each. Things are getting worse everywhere, I'm afraid.
Yeah, we're in a farming village within an hour of various urban sprawls.
That seems to be the kind of setup that makes me most happy, but things are declining everywhere. It's mostly drugs and property crimes in our smaller towns. A lot of it is actually perpetrated by people who come from the cities, interestingly enough. It's a way of reducing the odds of being caught or convicted for smaller crimes in the US due to how our jurisdictions work (my incentive theory).