No, they’re not. There a ton of beautiful neighborhoods in nyc, if you somehow haven’t been to one that’s on you

https://www.nps.gov/media/photo/gallery-item.htm?id=2A6BBCA3-155D-451F-6707F669E400E24F&gid=2A2FCFBB-155D-451F-67024931C528EA71

Aw damn :( Scarr’s it is!!

When I’ve had a really really bad day I’ll look up at the buildings and feel so much warmth. If I’m miserable, at LEAST I am miserable here!!

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> And yet Paris did it for like 1/3 the price... despite having very powerful unions.

Believe it or not France actually has one of the smallest unionized workforces in the EU. New York's unionization rate is twice that of France (20% vs 10%). I know France's unions are capable of putting on a show, but I wonder how "powerful" they really are. In social democracies they tend (though not always) to be incentivized o work in partnership with the government.

They certainly do! The Port Authority also subs out bagge carrisouel cleaning/maintenence and DOT does it for HOV lane conversions! It's turtles and accountants all they way down!

I dont think most people realized what Braggs policies were. He wont be re-elected.

Then they're living in the burbs, not nyc

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Yeah pretty sure there was just as much shit and piss pre-pandemic

The wealthy own multiple homes. They can have a NYC address and just live there less than 182 days and avoid NYS and NYC income taxes.

Wait. People that post from Peoria say it’s a crime ridden hell hole! How is that possible??

Okay, well COVID is over for most sane people now and has been for about a year. How do we address the issue of elevated levels of crime in this city?

They dont have new millionaires moving in. They HAD new millionaires being MADE, because silicon valley had a shit ton of IPOs before the bubble crashed, and lots of people become millionaires thru their options. A large portion of those newly minted milionaires left. And silicon valley isnt going to minting many millionaires the next few years.

Reminder to all that Prince St Pizza is owned by racist people and while they "stepped down" they are still owners. https://la.eater.com/2021/1/11/22224968/morning-briefing-restaurant-news-los-angeles-prince-street-pizza-racism-blm-yelp

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I'm sure most of y'all don't care and that's your right to not care and enjoy the pizza, but I'm also sure a lot of you just straight up don't know but do care, so there it is.

> We've tried the "tough on crime" and "War on Drugs" angle for 40+ years.

Not a fan of the war on drugs, but "tough on crime" over the last 40 years or so has been pretty effective. Homicide rate basically cut in half since the early 90s. Violent crime in cities like NYC and LA down like 80% off their peaks. It's so weird to see people act like the last few decades have been abject failures in policing. Crime rates are a many-decade lows. Incarceration rate is at its lowest point since the mid 90s.

So happy you enjoyed the weekend and props for trekking out the flushing it’s a gem!

>It's time to try to Singapore model, enough is enough.

You mean the "Singapore model" of having 80% of the city's population living in high-quality public housing, supported by a truly universal and affordable state-run healthcare system?

That could actually work. It would go a long way toward providing increased stability and, as a result, reducing crime.

But somehow I feel like you're referring more to things like putting people in jail for selling gum, downloading porn or criticizing the Mayor.

Would you shut up man, we’ve done it your way too, for the 50 odd years preceding bail reform.

Shocking that bail reform doesn’t work in a vacuum, and we need a complete overhaul of our criminal justice system for it to truly work. The machine Democrats do not work for me or you or the “countless people hurt and murdered”, as if bail reform that has anything to do with the root causes of crime.

The same democrats you speak of are corporate stooges who do not give a shit about you

Just make two options: no bail or no release. It’s not difficult.

> Seventy-two percent of Empire State residents support giving judges more discretion to set bail for those accused of serious crimes — with a breakdown of 76% of Democrats, 71% of independents and 69% of Republicans, according to the Siena College poll.

Correct me if I' wrong, but didn't the evidence show that giving judges "discretion" actually leads to more violent criminals getting out on bail. Just make the rules tougher and have judges enforce them.

Pandemic is over so we can start putting them back in jail.

Glad you had fun during your visit. We welcome you back any time

Despite ever increasing taxes on the wealthy in California (now up to 12% on the top tax brackets), California has seen an influx of millionaires moving in . . despite population loss in general.

Millionaire tax probably won't be a good policy, but ultimately what matters most in NY and NYC is cost of living (housing prices, utility prices, and transportation prices). That determines everything and is far more important than the tax structure.