[Rummyfan]

Another proffered explanation is that by increasing chaos & destruction, property values plummet for what once was, and someday will be again, very valuable real estate.

There are already somewhere on the order of thirty thousand abandoned row houses in Baltimore. I don't see how they ever regain value. For families, there's nowhere for the children to play and who would send their kids to a city public school?

[ctdonath2]