The Narthex
Metal Theft & Moral Rust
Parts of U.S. cities are going dark because thieves are stealing copper wire from lamps
By John M. Grondelski | July 30th 2024 12:30 PMDescribing the “den of infamous resort” where Old Joe, Mrs. Dilber, and others haggled over things pilfered from the possessions of Ebenezer Scrooge, Charles Dickens called that “beetling shop” a place where “iron, old rags, bottles, bones, and greasy offal were bought. Upon the floor within were piled up heaps…
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