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He sure didn't inherit the NYC that Bloomberg left, that's for sure. Will be a tough climb up.
Bingo. With degenerates committing violent crime in Midtown all the time due to DeBlasio, Adams inherited the type of NYC David Dinkins once left behind. A non-functioning city. Is he up to the cleanup Rudy G and Bratton pulled off? TBD.
While I disagree with Mayor Bloomberg's political philosophy, he was an intelligent person and savvy businessman. He tried to diversify the City's economy, so it wasn't so dependent on big banks, which are essentially subsidiaries of the Federal Reserve. His idea of making NYC a tech hub will not come to fruition. There is no good housing for people who make tech salaries. Tech workers can now work remote and cut their costs by at least 60%.
Bingo. With degenerates committing violent crime in Midtown all the time due to DeBlasio, Adams inherited the type of NYC David Dinkins once left behind. A non-functioning city. Is he up to the cleanup Rudy G and Bratton pulled off? TBD.
It will be far easier for him than it was Ghouliani and he should be able to do it in an equitable manner. If he can't handle this he's not ready for anything else in politics.
There is no good housing for people who make tech salaries. Tech workers can now work remote and cut their costs by at least 60%.
Programmers who perform back-ended tasks can work remotely. But tech workers who create bespoke products, who work in teams, and who produce things quickly will need to work onsite. There's still good housing in the city like areas in Queens and Brooklyn to house these workers.
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Bingo. With degenerates committing violent crime in Midtown all the time due to DeBlasio, Adams inherited the type of NYC David Dinkins once left behind. A non-functioning city. Is he up to the cleanup Rudy G and Bratton pulled off? TBD.
All the mayors since Koch rode on the Wall Street job machine - never doing enough to plan for a future without banking and finance. Guiliani, Bloomberg were good at putting up a show that appealed to certain voters, but neither transformed the way the city's "street economy" operated. None of them had to face the transformative problems that plagued John Lindsay. So yeah, while Adams supposedly "inherited" the economy, he should have prepared more to deal with its dramatic changes especially since he saw it coming.
Programmers who perform back-ended tasks can work remotely. But tech workers who create bespoke products, who work in teams, and who produce things quickly will need to work onsite. There's still good housing in the city like areas in Queens and Brooklyn to house these workers.
All the mayors since Koch rode on the Wall Street job machine - never doing enough to plan for a future without banking and finance. Guiliani, Bloomberg were good at putting up a show that appealed to certain voters, but neither transformed the way the city's "street economy" operated. None of them had to face the transformative problems that plagued John Lindsay. So yeah, while Adams supposedly "inherited" the economy, he should have prepared more to deal with its dramatic changes especially since he saw it coming.
Re: Front end jobs, no. All tech can be done remotely, it's just egotistical unqualified product managers that need to be in person because they can't tell the difference between JavaScript and Java. So they need people to smile and stroke their ego and setup repetitive meetings explaining the difference for the 55th time.
Regarding mayors never thinking beyond Finance/Banking, we actually have "Madison Avenue" and Big Pharma to a certain extent, along with Big Tech. It's a matter of reimagining the city to be not SF 2.0 but a SIGNIFICANTLY improved version of San Francisco that is SAFER, more creative and innovative. The creative arts also needs to be funded to provide the inspiration for creative tech.
The future of this city is in a fusion of artists and tech savants, not corporate fat cats and old politicians.
It will be far easier for him than it was Ghouliani and he should be able to do it in an equitable manner. If he can't handle this he's not ready for anything else in politics.
Due to Rudy & Bloomberg, BDB was able to leave the city in less distress than Dinkins. (Not that BDB was not trying to wreck a civilized NYC, he simply inherited a super strong NYC, unlike DD).
Due to Rudy & Bloomberg, BDB was able to leave the city in less distress than Dinkins. (Not that BDB was not trying to wreck a civilized NYC, he simply inherited a super strong NYC, unlike DD).
There are many changes that happened that could have resulted in lower crime in inner cities, this happened simultaneously in other cities that didn't have broken windows policies. A big change was switching over to more unleaded gasoline, lead is known to cause violent outbursts especially in young Men ages 12-24.
There are many changes that happened that could have resulted in lower crime in inner cities, this happened simultaneously in other cities that didn't have broken windows policies. A big change was switching over to more unleaded gasoline, lead is known to cause violent outbursts especially in young Men ages 12-24.
Then why wasn't there an increase in suburban crime in the lead gasoline era. The suburbs are filled with lead-spewing cars. I-278 passes through Bay Ridge and Staten Island. The Belt Parkway passes through southern Brooklyn. Why didn't crime surge in those areas? Not buying the 'lead gasoline' theory. Thugs are thugs.
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