What’s meaningful is how what feels like wide spread petty theft gives a real sense of lawlessness to the point where something like this feels inevitable. MANY of us assumed the worst, which is a sad state of affairs. I guess it’s good that it wasn’t seemingly random (although obviously horrific it happened at all), but I hope there is pressure on the city to clean up the other bits.
Bear in mind that there are people who dedicate their efforts toward making others feel that way, for fun and profit. There is a whole industry of 'crime porn' dedicated to telling people what they want to hear.