Theft of infrastructure is a third world problem. Yes, many neighborhoods in the United States have reached that point. And they are all Urban centers.
Yep...driving through Portland area reminds me of just that...3rd world. Which is why there is an exodus to lower population areas...
“Theft of infrastructure is a third world problem.” Yep. Once while on public transit in Chicago I listened to two black fellows laughing and boasting of the wiring and tools they’d stolen from construction sites. These two didn’t know one another; it was a chance meeting and they discovered they had theft in common. This is what that Ahmad Arbury fellow was doing: casing construction sites during daylight, intending to return that night to steal whatever struck his feral fancy. He’d done it before, according to surveillance tape.