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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Blaubart, post: 1732270, member: 37498&quot;]That&#039;s the most logical connection that I can think of too.&nbsp; Criminals don&#039;t want to go to the same pawn shop too often unless they know the owner is willing to knowingly buy stolen goods.&nbsp; This might even be more strongly influenced by city size rather than the number of pawn shops per 100,000 people in any particular county, but I don&#039;t remember if the author proved his findings weren&#039;t influenced by city size, only that he studied &quot;urban counties&quot;.</p><p><br /></p><p>When I read your example of a community going from 2 pawn shops to 10 and then 22, my first thought was &quot;that isn&#039;t very realistic&quot;.&nbsp; But once I got past that, I tried to imagine a town of 20,000 with 22 pawn shops.&nbsp; Just the sight of 22 pawn shops in a small town would be enough to increase the crime rate through clinical depression alone. :too-funny:[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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