So Why do Bikes Get Stolen?
November 16, 2006
Unfortunately I know a lot of people who have had their bikes stolen so I think about this issue a lot. A few years back, funding for social services was cut - can't remember the details. Immediate afterwards there was a surge in bike theft. I worked at a bike shop at the time and every week there was at least one person who came in to say he/she was the victim of or knew a victim of bike theft.
Around that time, I got into a conversation with a woman who works in social services and I asked her what she thought about the rise in bike theft. She doesn't ride a bike, but she had been hearing about an increase in petty theft, bikes in particular. "People are scared" she said. "They're not getting their medication, they're freaking out, they're out of work, they're not getting the assistance they're used to having and they're hungry. They're desperate and they're doing things they wouldn't usually do."
Posted by orbike at November 16, 2006 11:48 AM
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