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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;NorthKorea, post: 1732215, member: 29643&quot;]Essentially, it&#039;s a chicken:egg argument, but the staggering aspect is the 10%:1% ratio.</p><p><br /></p><p>If we look at actual numbers, assuming a community has two pawn shops, increasing that number to eight would see a 600% increase in the number of shops or a 60% increase in the crime rate. Add another 12 shops, and you&#039;d have a 15% increase in the crime rate, for a total increase of 90%. So, basically, for every pawnshop open, it would take 10 additional shops to offset the liquidation of a 100% increase in the crime rate. I assume this has to do with liquidity. More shops = more chances to fence items. After all, I assume most shops would sooner turn away someone who couldn&#039;t comply with the law than call the police on them.</p><p><br /></p><p>All of this said, I have a funny story about all of this. I went with my friend to a cookie store, and I noticed a jewelry shop selling jade next door. I went in with my friend, and while there, the salesperson who helped us told a guy trying to sell a gold bracelet that she couldn&#039;t buy it without ID. He said &quot;the other guy bought from me before.&quot; So she tells the owner to deal with the guy, and the owner bought the stuff without question. It really made me wonder if it was simply a liability issue. The seller looked messy, and was twitching a lot. I thought it was funny when we got back to the car and my friend says &quot;Wow, now I know where to tell the crackheads at the hospital to fence their goods.&quot;[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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