No way am I going downtown anymore.

Walking over a dead body on my way to work was enough for me to never return to the office.

If the city doesn't enforce the laws on the books yet will hold me accountable for defending myself when the police won't I am not putting myself in a position to answer for laws against the lawlessness.

I didn't mind after midnight crime when I lived downtown. It's now high noon crime with defenders of law are the enemy.

I'd think it would be more respectful to walk around a body rather than over it. You'd probably also want to ensure the authorities are aware.

Which city is this?

Specific one but like most larger cities in California

I'm not in California, so that doesn't tell me much. I see too much conflicting anecdata from over on the other end of the continent to form an opinion.

Why? Your added context only explains why a police officer might choose not to protect them. It's irrelevant because all it does is explain the observation they were making it doesn't make the observation less true.

Did you really read the article? This is about office space and those reliant on office foot traffic. None of those things you mentioned are unique nor relevant here. Seems like you just wanted something to be true to fit what you see on Fox News.

“older, denser downtowns reliant on professional or tech workers and located within large metros”

Are you saying that "office foot traffic" is unaffected by encounters with crime, homeless people and drug users? Seems to me perfectly reasonable that those things would decrease office foot traffic.

Or are you claiming that those things don't exist (in any quantity that matters) in the downtowns of most cities?

If you actually read the article and weren’t just searching for words to confirm your biases you’d understand.