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I think New York City and Boston are actually well-operated Democratic cities. They are few and far between but they do exist.
Taxpayers at least get something for the incredible taxes they pay in NYC and Boston, compared to San Francisco and Los Angeles which are poorly run with third-world living conditions and rampant crime.
They do have extremely high taxes but on some metrics they do very well.
The Democrats that run in NYC and Boston despite many flaws, also do some things very well.
Republicans are in general much better at operating cities and states overall though.
Sadly, lots and lots of Democratic failures out there that far out number failed Republican cities.
The two best mayors of my lifetime were #1 Bloomberg and #2 Giuliani, and initially both ran as Republicans. Of course, now Bloomberg is an independent, and Giuliani’s nuts.
They "moved them"? Got some proof? I smell cow poop on my boots...
The city tore down Cabrini Green and many other high-rise housing projects. Their residents were dispersed throughout other poor areas, through section 8. That’s ONE of the reasons the violence spiked. The city effectively moved gang members into rival gang territory.
Gentrification. Manhattan is gentrification central.
Yes and no. Manhattan doesn’t have significantly fewer poor people than it had 10-20 years ago. It has significantly fewer middle-class people. Those are the people who have been pushed out of the city.
There's a strong connection between having an average house price above $2M with keeping murderous criminals out...crack and meth heads can't afford to live in Manhattan so they leave to find cheaper accommodations.
There's a strong connection between having an average house price above $2M with keeping murderous criminals out...crack and meth heads can't afford to live in Manhattan so they leave to find cheaper accommodations.
Imagine being so wrong. New York County (aka Manhattan) has an 18% poverty rate. That’s 283k people living in poverty, in the space of 23 sq miles. New York has low crime rates because it has good schools, social programs, access to amenities and tough gun laws in and around the city.
Wow, amazing how low the homicide rate has gotten in New York City. The borough of Manhattan especially.
To bad, LAPD fails at controlling crime like the NYPD. Los Angeles has had 65 homicides this year, which is 6 times the rate of Manhattan on a per-capita basis.
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