I lived in NYC for 22 years until 2011. The place is overrun with multiple types of leftists: minorities, illegals, limousine liberals, leftist Jews, academics, students and plain old dumbass wealthy rich white lunatics. The republicans that are truly conservative are very hard to locate. Most of the right-leaning types I knew there still were establishment oriented and akin to a weak George Pataki mindset. I agree with you that there is a lot of “Rudy” in the people there, yet many of those people still vote Democrat.
Yes, those dreadful types you describe are certainly not hard to spot, BUT I don’t think it’s a hopeless epidemic and I do think it’s far worse in other places in the country.
Meanwhile, the Democrat Party is quickly morphing into a sort of New Socialist Party, so I think that as that proceeds, many of the types of NY’ers you describe (limo libs and “Rudy” type Democrats) are going to start embracing fiscal conservatism. Watered-down perhaps, and ignoring social issues for sure, but definitely a plus for everyone who considers themselves conservative. This is where the country needs to get to right now imo. Baby steps.
Sen. Cruz simply needs crossover appeal and NY would be the perfect place to get it, but it doesn’t look like they’re biting. Ms. Rodham will therefore waste him in the general.
Left lawn guylant to enlist after HS in the late 70s. Still have family that think I am a mouthbreathing rube b/c I believe in the Constitution. My sister will not allow my nephew to visit WI b/c I have “firearms in the house and will not remove them”. The height of hypocrisy is a family member works for a DA and has a CCW permit but believes the masses should not own firearms. The overall smugness and “I know better than you” attitude of many noo yawkers rubs many the wrong way. I know first hand from some experiences in basic.