History is replete with once great cities falling into utter decay and ruin.
Business pulls out and NYC becomes the Detroit of the eastern seaboard.
You know those lights were bright on Broadway
That was so many years ago
Before we all lived here in Florida
Before the Mafia took over Mexico
There are not many who remember
They say a handful still survive
To tell the world about
The way the lights went out
And keep the memory alive
-Billy Joel
I can just imaging Mamdani fiddling from a penthouse apartment overlooking New York City as it burns to the ground. “Nero Mamdani”