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		throwaway0a5e on Nov 6, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ask HN: As a person, what can I do to improve a ci... Breaking out the bylaw book and getting the police on speed dial is fundamentally the wrong way to deal with visible poverty. A litany of $20-$200 fines is a net negative to the neighborhood no matter how you distribute them.

_b4ut on Nov 6, 2020 [–]

I refer to "antisocial behavior" - not "poverty".

throwaway0a5e on Nov 6, 2020 | [–]

Arguably that has worse connotations but if you think it's better then whatever.

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