Someone used to post reports from “Cathy from Zimbabwe” I think, here at FR. She chronicled the demise of civilization in that country. I have a sense of the same thing when I read some of VDH’s essays.
Just another drug addict who needed some quick money.
The 20 Worst Cities for Stolen Cars
http://autos.yahoo.com/news/auto-theft—worst-cities-for-stolen-cars.html
(most of them are in california especially in the central valley.)