I live 25 minutes the other way and you are absolutely right!!yes a world issue and at some point it will be the demise of the world. i live 25 min from downtown st louis, mo and it is very bad, and the mayor has all the rams money, federal money she is sitting on and she wants to sue kia and hyundai because their cars are easy to steal. not sure what medication she is on but there are better things to spend money on than that. cops can't/won't try to control the crime in stl.