That's why smart ones avoid it.
Plus, there are plenty of people willing to do it for them for free.
And do you really think other big cities aren't moving in the same direction?
How is characterizing certain aspects of a world view as “xxx” values somehow running it down? I’m always honored when a leftist denigrates my state’s “Texas values” as something detestable, because I know who’s uttering it. In fact, we have a conservative political organization named “Texas Values,” to which I give regularly.
Could it be that the leftist New Yorkers secretly know that their values suck, and are alarmed when someone points it out?