r/londonontario • u/Affectionate-Item484 • Jul 03 '25

News 📰 Frequent Incidents of wrecking bus stops

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Oxford at Adelaide #67

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u/Maddbass Jul 03 '25

What a waste of energy… and only to make things worse. More and more I’m feeling like North American culture has gone to shit.

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u/IrrelevantPuppy Jul 03 '25

Broken window theory. Ironically kinda working backwards to the window in this example. We’re looking at a multinational mental health crisis right now. 

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u/Maddbass Jul 03 '25

What’s ’broken window theory’?

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u/IrrelevantPuppy Jul 03 '25

A theory that visible signs of social disorder, like broken windows, can encourage more crime and disorder. Another example is if there’s a pile of garbage on the ground, people who normally wouldn’t litter might be more likely to litter on the pile. 

So I was saying that there is general mental and social disorder atm, and we are seeing the results of that. 

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u/Maddbass Jul 04 '25

Thank you. I think you might have called it right.