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> "60% of new yorkers are not earning a living wage" is inaccurate

Sure, but "60% of New Yorkers break the law to make a living wage" isn't any less scathing. Either way, the situation looks pretty bleak. At this point, I can't see a future where NYC doesn't become the next Detroit.

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I don't think you know much about how Detroit collapsed if you're saying that. While crime and public safety have become issues, I think most of the blame can be assigned to police too lazy to do their jobs.

And NYC is one of the prime examples of "defund the police" movement, isn't it?

You can't see a future in which the US's (and arguably the world's) financial and cultural capital doesn't have the same fate as an industrial city?

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