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Crime and Housing

Something for everyone to disagree with

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Addison Del Mastro
Dec 12, 2022
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Awhile ago I wrote in my drafts, “Progressives talk about crime the way conservatives talk about housing.”

Then I saw two things online. First this, and dozens of other tweets like it, on fare evasion, and an announced crackdown from WMATA, which runs the D.C. Metro:

Then this:

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