The democrats in charge don’t care. They hate businesses and want them out, or under the total control of the State. Given their way, they will have the city poor, miserable, and overrun by crime. They they will wail and moan and ask for help from the state and the fed.
You can base you city’s economy almost exclusively on federal handouts, looting of neighboring communities, shake downs of corporations, and drug dealing. There are hollowed out towns like that today. Being a Democrat mayor in such a town puts you at the top of the food chain.