Stage 4 People will do whatever it takes to survive. With few options, many of those remaining in the cities build their lives around crime. Their targets become those with the wealth. They make forays into the once-placid countryside. The techno-elite become obsessed with security.
Yards become walled compounds.
Urban design puts a primacy on streets that can entrap intruders. Armed private-security firms boom. Polarized, the two cultures clash. They are beyond rapprochement. A form of techno-separatism emerges.