Culture matters. Demographics matter. We have a lot more ignorant low lifes with poor manners and low morals today. It is depressing how far our culture has fallen from the 1950s, or maybe I should say these ate subcultures. But when subcultures grow big enough in population, it really becomes a part of your overall culture.
You hit the target. Demographics is everything. When the criminal underclass is the majority in a city/area it controls politics and law enforcement. What government entity wants to really ‘attack’ the majority voting populace? For every ‘youth’ prevented from doing ‘business’ or going tribal there are countless relatives who vote. If businesses can’t survive ‘understanding’ the dominant culture by operating in the red as a social service then they close and leave retail ‘deserts’-created by the very feral tribe mentality that will scream ‘discrimination’ as victims.