You know what's striking to me - I lived there 15 years ago and these were the exact same issues. It's like this stupid place never changes or grows, it's still the same dog returning to its vomit, again and again and again. Nothing ever changes in that place, the stupidity is its permafrost. Call it permastupidity.
Well things will change in a few years due to unchecked immigration. The Chinese will probably take over the City in a short time. The drugged up liberals are a dying breed cause they have aborted all there children, or died of AIDS. When the Chinese finally decide that they can make more money if the place was cleaned up, things will change quickly.