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IMHO, this is the low point for NYC. Maybe it will encourage people not to elect another idiot for mayor or governor. NYC will recover. Just a matter of time.
1 posted on 11/22/2020 11:27:30 AM PST by The_Media_never_lie
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To: The_Media_never_lie

The 70s called, they want their city back.


2 posted on 11/22/2020 11:29:04 AM PST by Extremely Extreme Extremist (Trust the plan of the 17th letter of the English alphabet!)
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To: The_Media_never_lie

There was a report that the NYC economy may not recover till 2023. If this bs continues, perhaps not even then.


4 posted on 11/22/2020 11:32:18 AM PST by HollyB
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To: The_Media_never_lie

I’ll believe it’s getting rough when FAUX news goes dark.

Oh, and burn down the New York Times, if you’re serious.


5 posted on 11/22/2020 11:39:56 AM PST by Empire_of_Liberty
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papjobe
22 Nov 2020

When you really think about it what does NYC consist of? It is Money movers and entertainers that is what that city is made of. The rest of the businesses there support the money movers and the entertainers. They no longer produce anything. There are no factories or refineries. You have the ports and that’s it. Now we are in shutdown people are banking from home, working from home, and getting their entertainment at home. NYC like most big cities relies on disposable tangible income to thrive.

That is all gone right now. Sure they are still eating outside and it’s still filled to the gills with people who have to eat, but they are also leaving in droves. That city is gonna change big time over the next ten years. Whether it for the good or not is still to be seen, but if what is going on now is any indicator it won’t be good. That city had some very good hard line mayors in the past that really cleaned it up.

Now it seems like this mayor is destroying everything the mayors of the past tried so hard to fix. Hey guess people will overlook a lot if you paint BLM on a street. This guy hates NYC and is the Mayor you can’t make this stuff up. The sooner they get rid of this guy the better chance that city has of not going straight down the tubes.

https://www.foxnews.com/us/giant-rats-overtaking-nycs-central-park-upper-west-side-of-manhattan


6 posted on 11/22/2020 11:41:21 AM PST by Grampa Dave ( What if Biden doesn't Concede?)
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To: The_Media_never_lie; Extremely Extreme Extremist
IMHO, this is the low point for NYC.

NY’s previous dark period started with John Lindsay, and then went through near bankruptcy with Beame, then Koch and Dinkens.

I think we’ve only entered a new “Beame” phase. De Blasio still has another year of destruction left to go. Future budgets will be a disaster. Regardless of who comes next, De Blasio has emboldened the socialists who will not retreat quietly. Maybe NYC will get bailed out by Democrats, but either way, crime can yet increase a lot, and quality-of-life still has a long way to fall. I would avoid NYC for the next 5 years at least.

7 posted on 11/22/2020 11:50:10 AM PST by PGR88
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To: The_Media_never_lie
I don't know if New York City will recover. People look at the decline of the 60s, 70s, 80s, and today as separate events but they're all linked.

Cities, but especially New York City, haven't kept up with changes and are only falling behind more and more. They're a design from prior to the piston engine and the automobile.

These cities went from a congregation in a viable area, usually a port, to a center of decay that relied on immigrants from worse conditions to cycle through them to keep them afloat.

The mass transit system was state of the art when it was built but is now a century out of date; unable to handle the current number of riders, insufficient escalators and elevators, narrow platforms, entering and exiting cars from the same side instead of using both, the inability to charge fares by distance instead of a flat rate, etc.

The sidewalks are too narrow for the amount of pedestrians, and few have room for safety pilings to protect pedestrians from vehicles, and little space to handle deliveries through pedestrian crowds. Lack of security distance from explosive laden vehicles is a whole other matter that takes it out of contention for many potential occupants.

The streets are too narrow for standard vehicles such as a tractor trailer. There's also not enough room for bicycles that continue to grow in usage due to the limits of other transportation options.

The buildings cannot house modern industry applications and are relegated to retail, offices, and apartments and very small ones at that. The only option for centuries has been to continue building skyward but such costs are prohibitive and the setup is limiting.

These cities are overly dependent on commuters as well as goods shipped in from farther and farther away but are using infrastructure from more than a century ago.

These cities are prohibitively expensive and restrictive on raising children. That alone poses a limit a city will never get past. Incentivizing senior citizens' departures doesn't bode well either.

8 posted on 11/22/2020 11:57:18 AM PST by T.B. Yoits
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To: The_Media_never_lie

Hey, all the millions of idiots who live there deserve it, in spades.


9 posted on 11/22/2020 12:10:35 PM PST by Recharged71
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To: The_Media_never_lie

Without election reform, NYC will never recover. And the fact that its not the Gibs-me-dats moving out of NYC is a very bad portend of the future.

Detroit was the wealthiest city in America, before Democrats. How’s it doing now?


10 posted on 11/22/2020 12:16:58 PM PST by American in Israel (A wise man's heart directs him to the right, but the foolish mans heart directs him toward the left.)
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To: The_Media_never_lie

A much smaller population and a 100% increase in shootings.

To help combat gun violence, the NYPD eliminated its Homeless Outreach and Shelter


11 posted on 11/22/2020 12:27:06 PM PST by gitmo (If your theology doesn't become your biography, what good is it?)
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To: The_Media_never_lie

Does Fox ever put a video on that corresponds to the article they referred to? I can almost never find them.


14 posted on 11/22/2020 12:30:31 PM PST by antidemoncrat (Biden's )
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To: The_Media_never_lie

Ghost Busters II


16 posted on 11/22/2020 12:32:46 PM PST by Cold Heart
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To: The_Media_never_lie
Does not approve of subway shoving.


18 posted on 11/22/2020 1:06:04 PM PST by yefragetuwrabrumuy ("All men and women were created by the, you know, you know, the thing." -- Joe Biden 3/3/20)
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To: The_Media_never_lie

>>MHO, this is the low point for NYC.

I personally doubt this is the low spot. Lots more pain ahead.


22 posted on 11/22/2020 1:40:31 PM PST by qwerty1234
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To: The_Media_never_lie
Whenever I ride the NYC subway I always stand well away from the tracks until the train is actually in front of me. I know that Bellevue can only hold so many schizophrenics.
24 posted on 11/22/2020 3:11:09 PM PST by Gay State Conservative (BLM Stands For "Bidens Loot Millions"!)
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To: The_Media_never_lie

The sarcasm on this site cracks me up. Wait ... that was sarcasm ?


25 posted on 11/22/2020 3:27:02 PM PST by wgmalabama (I will post less and thinking more from here on out. If this is Gods judgment, then so let it be. )
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To: The_Media_never_lie
Subway shoving, flamethrowers, shootings in NYC blamed on 'perfect storm' of police reform, pandemic the crappy intelligence and character off New Yorkers.
26 posted on 11/22/2020 3:28:35 PM PST by Vision (Obama corrupted, sought to weaken and fundamentally change America; he didn't plan on being stopped.)
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To: The_Media_never_lie

What could possibly go wrong when a city elects a Communist Mayor?


27 posted on 11/22/2020 3:30:50 PM PST by windsorknot
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