Echo is becoming a Cop - Criminal Only City

I saw that the taxi payouts have been reduced again. People used to hunt, fish, deliver pizzas or work another legal job and could still survive in the city. There even was a taxi company. The big legal hunting community, which I was a member of back then, is %100 gone now. We had a community, people were becoming friends, were showing off their new camo outfits, new offroad vehicles. But all of that and the other legal ways to earn money are gone. We are pushed to either become a criminal or a cop.

Do we HAVE TO be a part of the criminal expansion pack? There is no legal money to be made outside of becoming a cop that can get near as becoming a criminal. And I'm really tired of the answer "RP it out". Everyone is trying to rob a bank, a store. I constantly get kidnapped, and the store "doesn't work" and they let me go. It's funny at this point. Don't get me wrong, criminals do make the city fun. But there were tons of people with different legal jobs and hobbies, tons of different characters. Nearly all of them either left, became a criminal or a cop. I've been in echo nearly 1,5 years and I'm really tired of being pushed to become a criminal.

By the way, I don't think anyone is expecting to get massively paid. I'm not expecting to get the same amount of money as a criminal who steals cars and takes risks. Of course the payout of 1 hour of, let's say hunting, should not be 10k. But there should be a sweet spot. The aim of the post is not to aggregate or annoy anyone. I was really hyped about the criminal expansion update even though I don't do any of that. Because it brings new things. But let's bring those new things without excluding other communities which used to flourish.

Throughout my 1.5 year in Echo, I have tried a lot of non-employed legal ways of earning money. I would love to discuss, talk, negotiate if it is my place to do so. I would assume a lot of people feel the same way.