I live in the suburbs of a large city at the moment but am actively planning to leave for good. There are plenty of far more pleasant places to live without all the crime, high taxes, congestion, corrupt politicians and liberal neighbors. They can have the mess that’s encroaching on them.
Lived in New York City for 15 years. But then for the most part the police were allowed to arrest criminals and stop mobs from destroying private property. There were 20 straight years of Republican mayors (Giuliani 8 years then Bloomberg 12 years).
DeBlasio was the first Democrat mayor in 20 years and predictably everything went to hell in next to no time.