Cities such as Detroit, Cleveland, Baltimore, Memphis, New Orleans, St. Louis and Oakland were all once places where middle class American workers thrived and raised their families. Today, all of those cities are rapidly being transformed into cesspools of filth, decay and wretchedness.
Need any more proof of What happens when Democrats are in control?
All these Cities have had D mayors and councils for as long as I can remember.
Portland, ME and Portland, OR have hard core Dem governments, and have for years. And if you cross the river to Windsor, ON, you have a government run by out-and-out socialists, who have done worse to GM than Detroit ever did. Likewise, Vancouver, BC, Montreal, PQ, and Halifax, NS are run by socialists and yet are most pleasant and agreeable places, with safe streets and abundant public services.
Are you sure that you are looking at the right variable?