[Harmless Teddy Bear]

Yep.

I remember being a little shocked when I came back and saw all the houses with no bars and few fences.

It felt very safe.

It is not any more.

And while your suggestions would help the problem there has been a shift in the cultural mind set to the point that it would not solve it.

Proper parenting would solve the problem but the number of people who are of parenting age who would actually teach their kids to keep their hands off of other people's stuff is a distinct minority.

[NorthMountain]

Proper parenting would be a lot more common if we quit paying baby-mamas to spawn feral yoots.

Your overall point has validity, though. The Turd-world-ization of America has many causes and will not be solved easily.

[linMcHlp]

“Proper parenting would solve the problem, but the number of people who are of parenting age who would actually teach their kids to keep their hands off of other people’s stuff, is a distinct minority.”