Re: the most liberal cities

[Robert <http://dummy.us.eu.org/robert>]

"Last year, on one stretch of a prime commercial avenue in Manhattan,
researchers found 188 vacant storefronts."  Sounds oddly like where-I-live.  I
wonder if this is a common phenomenon?

 > And under the street, in New York�¢s famed subway system?
 > Baker describes �¢longer and longer delays, with both cars
 > and platforms filling up with frustrated, angry
 > passengers.�¢ Mayor Bill de Blasio sought a
 > �¢millionaire�¢s tax�¢ to fix
 > the subway�¢s antiquated operations. Governor Andrew Cuomo
 > rejected the idea, instead suggesting �¢a
 > �¢genius transit challenge�¢ wherein anyone
 > who came up with a great idea to make the trains run on time could win a
 > million dollars.�¢
 > 
 > The sad lesson here?
 > 
 > A tax on the wealthiest New Yorkers to restore even the most vital public
 > good,�¢ writes Baker, �¢cannot be so much as
 > entertained.�¢ �¢A tax on the wealthiest New
 > Yorkers to restore even the most vital public good,�¢ writes
 > Baker, �¢cannot be so much as entertained.�¢
    
I suspect that BART will end up being as equally unlucky.

"[Urban leaders] "seem hopelessly invested in importing a race of supermen
for the supercity.""  Well, at least they don't go the extra step of
calling it "augmentation" like Peter Thiel and Ray Kurzweil.

 > From: Noelle <noelle>
 > Date: Thu, 28 Jun 2018 06:11:45 -0700 (PDT)
 >
 > https://ourfuture.org/20180628/new-york-new-york-what-a-less-than-wonderful-town?link_id=8&can_id=2b7af1c96a27c1c2e535abfe7f7133e9&source=email-progressive-breakfast-how-to-cover-a-revolution&email_referrer=email_377663&email_subject=progressive-breakfast-how-to-cover-a-revolution
 > 
 > On Wed, 27 Jun 2018, Robert wrote:
 >  >  > From: Noelle <http://dummy.us.eu.org/noelleg>
 >  >  > Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2018 18:34:53 -0700 (PDT)
 >  >  >
 >  >  > wait, it says 12th
 >  > 
 >  > Oh, I was looking at separate survey.
 >  > 
 >  >  > NYC borough of Staten Island is Republican
 >  > 
 >  > Weird.