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[-] taiyang@lemmy.world 28 points 3 months ago

There's always been a rule of thumb in my circles that the more greenery you see in a neighborhood, the more affluent it is. Interesting enough, you can also link heat to violent crime even when controlling for socioeconomic status.

In other words, a lack of trees exacerbates an already high crime rate in low income areas. But good luck convincing people to pay for green when you've got dozens of other problems.

[-] The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world 28 points 3 months ago

I think even without the heat, just seeing greenery is supposed to be calming and good for your mental health.

Cities that don't prioritize this look so bleak and depressing to me. The same goes for a lot of newly built cookie-cutter suburbs where they place the houses so close together than there's not enough room for any nature.

[-] taiyang@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago

Appearances do matter, yeah. Actually, there is a study out there that showed a reduction in subway crime when graffiti is cleaned up vs when it's left on the trains. Unfortunately it's been like 15 years so I forget the source, though. I imagine there's been follow ups too, if any lemmings want a random homework assignment lol

[-] dan@upvote.au 4 points 3 months ago

reduction in subway crime when graffiti is cleaned up vs when it's left on the trains

This is the broken windows theory.

[-] taiyang@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

Thaaank you. It's been ages since undergrad.

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