A connection most of the victims had

[Sam Flynn]

There were loads of alcoholics in that part of town, Grim, and chances are that anyone wandering the streets after midnight was there because they'd blown their money on gin or beer, and couldn't find a bed for the night. There is almost as much significance in the suggested link that the victims were heavy drinkers as there was in the fact that they breathed oxygen.

In addition, it's highly unlikely that Jack would have spotted these women anywhere (pub, boarding-house, whatever) and selected them in advance. He'd have had to have waited for an inordinate amount of time, and been in the right place, for a specific person to have come his way.

Chances are - overwhelmingly - that Jack's victims were randomly selected, rather than stalked.

[Grim]

With the cannonical victims at least most of them were described as heavy drinkers or alcoholics. In my opinion I would say that JTR had first seen each one in a pub and that is most likely where he decided that they would be his next victim.

Your thoughts?