How would you go about making a dangerous neighborhood safe?

[Neuromancer]

If you had the resources and man power how would you do it?

 

[Geek Nasty]

Build a factory or plant in walking or bus route range, then start hiring. It's not hard.

 

[mannyrs13]

Build a factory or plant in walking or bus route range, then start hiring. It's not hard.

You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him drink.

 

[NotAnFBIagent]

Remove the danger
:Trumppls:

 

[Pazzy]

You have to change the system that created it in the first place. If you do a little research, all of that shyt was intentionally created by design. The gatekeepers knew what they were doing. NYC is a perfect example where you have Robert Moses denomic ass.

 

[TL15]

Create opportunities for kids to stay out of trouble and capture their attention from a young age

Invest in schools so that the teachers are equipped and supported and actually give a fyck about the kids, create after school activities and opportunities that are engaging to kids (sports, music, art, etc.)

Make the kids FEEL safe. Have police walking kids to and from school. Set up a patrol so that kids feel safe and encouraged to go to school

Depending on how "unsafe" the area is, propose a curfew. I know that adults can be out at all hours of the night legally, but zone the unsafe neighborhood as one with a curfew and if people are hanging outside late have police speak with them and figure out what is going on. Go from a warning to a citation and on the citation say "if caught a third time it's probable cause to search you"... If people are doing illegal things then they should get the message to start doing them somewhere else

Basically: Do things to engage children before they can get into the cycle of bad behavior, and do things to make it uncomfortable for those who are committing bad behavior to stay around.

 

[Doobie Doo]

You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him drink.

Why do you think high crime is in high poverty areas?

 

[@OffHalsted]

Accountability

 

[kovi]

Up property taxes and weed out undesirables

 

[Tapp]

Create economic opportunity and community centers for the kids

 

[SunGod]

You really don't understand, do you? Hey, man, don't you realize that in order for us to make this thing work, we gotta get rid of the pimps, and the pushers, and the prostitutes, then start all over again clean...

 

[Mr. Negative]

Take a public survey to see what recreational activities people want.

Offer incentive to people answering truthfully.

Build it and wait 2 months.


After that, if someone is standing outside in one place for more than an hour and they're not waiting for public transit, kill them.

 

[Arcavian]

School and after school activites for the kids
jobs for the grown folks
Homes for both
A place they can buy goods
A small task force that lives in the community to protect it all

 

[King Jae]

You really don't understand, do you? Hey, man, don't you realize that in order for us to make this thing work, we gotta get rid of the pimps, and the pushers, and the prostitutes, then start all over again clean...

...Naga is u crazy? Build a Starbucks and craft brewery

 

[Gold]

JOBS
AFTER SCHOOL ACTIVITIES AND COMMUNITY CENTERS

I would follow the broken window theorem and ensure that all areas are well light and maintained good upkeep.

Build fiends for kids to play soccer/football, courts for basketball, start a local league.
Build a town hall.

There's lots that can be done, but as someone who is engineering minded, my main goal would be to build up the proper infrastructure.