In Britain, Hanging Flower Baskets Seen as Key Way to Stop Crime

Honestly now. Does anyone seriously think that doing something that hanging flower baskets could be a key for cutting crime?

Well, in Great Britain, they do.

A recent poll found that people who are members of neighborhood groups believe that hanging flower baskets and planting public flowerbeds is a key way to cut crime.

Why? Basically, because flowers make everything prettier.

Okay, wait a second. Who are these people?

According to this Daily Mail story the poll’s respondents were members of neighborhood beautification groups.

Well, of course they’d think that!