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The Rise of the Service Economy in the US
After 9-11, private security has exploded in the United States. The industry was booming until the pandemic hit and people went home. Now companies are hiring guards to patrol empty buildings. Part of it is that police can't come as quickly as they used to for things like burglaries or car break-ins. But some of it is just kind of this fear of quality of life things like homelessness which makes people fearful.