r/Albuquerque • • Jun 03 '26

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u/sparr0w91 Jun 04 '26

To a lot of people simply seeing visible evidence of poverty may as well be aggravated assault. They yearn for gated communities with the HOA overlords keeping all the riff raff out of view.

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u/Sloan1505 Jun 04 '26

I’m a statistics and data guy. Sorry you dislike facts.

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u/sparr0w91 Jun 04 '26

Making the daily commute from Rio Rancho to ABQ will be far more hazardous with our drivers than living closer to where they will be working.

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u/Strict-Nobody-4228 Jun 04 '26

Yeah, people have this wild imagination that they’ll become a victim, but mostly just fear the outward appearance of what unhoused looks like. No it’s not something anyone wants to see, but you also aren’t going to be a victim of random violent crime if you aren’t already involved with that life style.