Have you been to New York recently, Les? Or any other of the US cites discussed many times that are comparable to New York? I've been to Boston and New York a lot. Boston has either not changed or has gotten better/safer. New York has changed dramatically for the worse.
If only i was living in Michigan, i could see how you can buy an election with 1/5 of your opponents funding. We're obv talking about actual opponents in Democratic primaries, since Republicans are just grifting rubes that are delusional enough think their candidate has any chance of winning.
New York Post...
"The Post endorses Tali Farhadian Weinstein for Manhattan DA"
"Democrats utterly dominate Manhattan elections, so the general election is a mere formality. The party’s primary is the real contest"
...in good company with Hillary Clinton and Eric Holder endorsing Wall Streets candidate.
https://nypost.com/2021/06/09/the-po...-manhattan-da/
To be fair, I was never trying to make this a political discussion, Gimmick. You clearly know more about the politics involved and the opposition candidate. The issues I raise are not meant to offer support to the other candidate for the position. I was just pointing out what I feel is an alarming new approach to crime in a city that means something to me and sharing my own experiences. Go see for yourself if you don't believe me. Hang out at 33rd and 7th for half an hour and then you might have a different point of view.
Rikers in fall...
...image provided by hippies from NY Post.
https://nypost.com/2021/10/21/photos...ly-conditions/
I think you could fit a few more there. Doubt anything bad happens when they get out.
Ultra liberals are now coming out against Gascon so his days may be numbered.
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I have no emotional attachment to NYC, San Fran, Minneapolis, or even my own former city, Los Angeles. That being said, I actually think it might be a good thing these cities follow through with their progressive social science experiments. Not because I think they will be anything but disasters, but because empirical data clearly showing this to be the case could prove beneficial to everyone in the long run. I was actually disappointed Minneapolis didn't follow through with its "defund the police" campaign.
Guy jerks off in front of my wife and slashes me? Lol. What a beta male. If Im gonna confront someone like that and he attacks me(which Im expecting him to) that nigga getting bodied. Word to my mother. I dont care if Im bleeding, that dude is ending up in the ICU. On God.
I moved to the city in he 90s. Back hen, we had 2000 homicides per ear and jus lawlessness. Shad characters selling bootleg and stolen things on he street, drug use, fights, etc. People complained about crime and affordability.
Homicides - as a general metric for serious crime - have fallen to under <300 per ear and "skyrocketed" to ~500 this ear. Certainly, this is no great, but in perspective, NYC is still one of the safest big cities in the USA. There is more homelessness, petty crime, but overall today is NOTHING like the 90s. People still complain about crime and affordability.
People that come to visit might be shocked a little by the shadiness and some sketchiness. i suspect those people come from the stable burbs with hardly any people (and therefore hardly any problems) and have not been to other US cities.
There are plenty of doomsayers highlighting what businesses closed, who moved out, whatever. I don't doubt these stories. What i do know from my daily life is that multiple high rises are going up like weeds in my neighborhood. 1.5-2 million for 1 bedroom and they are filling up fast. Multiple more projects are braking ground. The biggest companies in the USA are opening up huge offices in the city, from google to Facebook to Amazon. If this city is dying, i am not seeing it. It might turn into a shitty and expensive office park, but it is not dying from what i see day to day.
Thank you for that perspective. Its good to hear from local people who've been there awhile. My own point of view is not shaped by daily experiences like yours. For your sake and that of the city entire I hope things will not deteriorate into what the 90's were like there.
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