141: Quality of Life

<p>P&C drink and review Inescapable Fate from Nepenthe Brewing, then discuss quality of life issues in U.S. cities.</p> <p>Lovely places around the country are falling apart because the local officials are failing to do their jobs. Venice Beach. Fells Point. San Francisco.</p> <p>Some prosecutors in these locations have decided not to prosecute "quality of life" crimes, and quality of life is deteriorating.</p> <p>What's to be done? In Baltimore, businesses have created an escrow fund and are withholding their tax payments until the city starts doing its job. Will that help?</p>