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Originally Posted by Al Bundy
Having owned and operated a store at Bannister Mall from 1994-2000, I do know that when the bad element moves in (either living OR loitering) it WILL kill an area, and Zach if you think that those areas are immune to it, you are foolish. CC is NOT above being run down, nor is the P&L or Westport.
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It never happens all at once. It gets a little worse for a time being as people tolerate it when they shouldn't, thinking it will go away by itself. It's human nature to push the limits and if you let people push and push and push, then you have a big problem that slowly developed over time.
I've seen some nice areas around the country with a bar and restaurant district go downhill because the behavior was allowed to get worse and worse and worse, then finally lost liquor licenses and business shuttered and people who lived in the area for years sold their houses from all the noise and disturbances.