I was given a tour of East St. Louis one Saturday night back in the mid-1990’s. Gangs of men were walking through the streets and yards diagonally taking the most direct path to where ever they were going with no thought of using sidewalks or respecting private property. Every inhabited house was a barred fortress. We drove past a police station which had a fenced yard packed full of squad cars since none of them were out on patrol. You could literally drive on the wrong side of the road and run stop signs and red lights since there was no legal authority at all. It was a very sad and scary portrait of a failed welfare state.
I wonder why the Libertarians and Cop Haters don't move there. It sounds like their version of paradise.