I have seen that difference too. What a difference the train ride from NYC to Westchester is now. Almost a pretty ride in some places. Less graffiti and abandoned cars.
HOWEVER, IMO he can’t clean up the country. What is wrong with this country are the liberal views he defends and cherishes.
Cleaning up a cesspool like pre-Rudy NYC was is good practice for cleaning up what's wrong with the rest of the country.
As a New Yorker, you know what kind of Republican you have to run as in order to get elected mayor of this town: You run as moderate pro-life, pro-gun control, and hard core law-and-order. It boggles my mind that people get down on Rudy for gun control in a city where most of the residents WANT GUN CONTROL. They WANT it, they really do.
Crazy? Hell yeah it's crazy, but that's what the electorate wants.
You know what other crazy crap they want here? They want abortion on demand, so they have it. That's the kind of place NYC is.