Decades ago National Review article was by someone in NY who noticed little blue sparkling pieces of glass at the curb as he got his car on his city street. Then another day some more. Then his car was broken into and stolen. The glass was from the broken window.
He found out people all up and down the street had learned to live with daily car breakins and often stolen cars, and turning the cases over to their insurance agents and just going on with their lives. Just living with it.
That was why, in NYC at least, BMW stood for break my window.....Blaupunkts were worth some bucks.