When I grew up that story, whether wholly true or not, was told to us.
Imagine in this day and age a modern city without “Swat” teams, shotguns centered in black and whites or cops and pseudo cops carrying weapons on their hips.
Probably not doable as the criminal element has no respect for life and well being of anyone except their own.
I am not naive enough to believe that criminals are better behaved then than now, but how was that possible for decades in London and not now? What is the difference?
There are great disparities in crime rates of cities the world over. In some murder rates are catastrophic, such as in New Orleans and CD Juarez and in other cities it is quite safe.
I used to live where bars on windows and doors were required for safety of property and life in the United States and Mexico and now live where you do not see bars on businesses or residences.
Why is that?
It is not that there is no crime here, there is. Just not in the epidemic stage that other places in the world experience.
Maybe it has to do with population density. When too many people are crammed together in cities where there is no peace such things as sexual deviation, aggressiveness and anger are more prevalent.
Who knows, it is only a guess.
