https://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2018/03/13/greening-vacant-lots-reduces-crime-violence.aspx?utm_source=dnl&utm_medium=email&utm_content=art2&utm_campaign=20180313Z2&et_cid=DM192405&et_rid=241416644 Story at-a-glance - In U.S. cities, about 15 percent of land sits vacant or abandoned; these spaces are associated with increased crime and stress to residents, especially in low-income neighborhoods - Researchers “greened” abandoned lots, cleaning up trash and debris, grading the land, planting grass and trees to create a park-like setting and installing a low wooden fence around the perimeter to signal that the lot was being cared for - Significant benefits were reported due to the greened lots, including a significant reduction in gun violence, burglaries and nuisances, with the latter two falling by 22 percent and 30 percent respectively - In neighborhoods below the poverty line, the transformed lots reduced overall crime by more than 13 percent and gun violence by nearly 30 percent - Residents also reported significant benefits, including feeling 58 percent less fearful of going outside due to safety concerns
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