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As long as you don't have your own business or work in a school district in some capacity or for the cruise lines, you'll be fine.
Dang, look at that.
Let's face it, you didn't respond to what was in the post because you didn't have a response to the post.
I'm sure you are right, but those folks in urban areas are affected by left politics and it has been that way for a long time. They keep coming back for the freebies. It's a never ending circle. Like Lyndon Johnson said, I'll keep them voting Democrat for 200 years, or something like that.
I don't know if this "refutes" it, but I moved from NYC to Florida six years ago for reasons having nothing to do with taxes, crime or regulations. It was mostly a cost of living/housing issue in advance of having our second kid, partly a weather issue, and partly a function of my wife having grown up in Florida. Obviously, the weather and family things have nothing to do with politics. Maybe the cost issue is indirectly related to the city's governance, but I have a hard time imagining NYC is suddenly going to become cheap no matter who's in charge there. It's just an expensive place to live.
Of course the most famous spots-Pats and Geno's-are in a constant struggle to retain this title.
taste buds are different, was never a fan of either of them. love tony luke's italian pork though.
Had an insurance client in Florida quite a few years ago with a small man made lake in front of the building. Came in from lunch one day to see an alligator going back into it. We used to get them on the reservoir when I lived in Jackson MS. One time in the late 90's they got so bad they contemplated allowing hunting licenses for them. I couldn't think of what could go wrong with every redneck in Rankin Co MS going out on the water in a boat with his shotgun. I should add, pretty much everyone out there on the weekend would be drunk.
maybe deal with the top 5 states first? that list says a lot. any ideas why those are the top states?
seeing one, like one that's been around for awhile...it's crazy. it's jaw dropping, thank goodness i wasn't close.
Well, their schools and colleges are run by those that are more interested in teaching their opinion rather than what is in the school text book, and want to eliminate some of those as well.. What is wrong with this picture?
If you owned a store during a riot, they'd come in handy to have inside. I was thinking about 5 German Shepherds would do it, but gators could work. Although they tend to not give warnings and you'd lose your windows and likely a couple people would lose limbs before they could retreat.
Just following the lead of the OP. Man, this question must be really tough to answer given all the effort to deflect or change the subject.
I would guess most of us would find a good place to live in most of these big cities and be happy. It's not like you'd move to Garfield Park in Chicago.
Lol, There hasn't been a Rebublican mayor since 1952 in Philadelphia and no amount of conservatives staying or added to the gene pool will change that. For reference, our current mayor, Jim Kenney DIDN'T campaign during the last election. He beat his GOP opponent by more than 80% of the vote. He knew he didn't even need to put out a message. Any message. Moving out isn't just easier, its the only answer.
Wasn’t Frank Rizzo a Republican? Or was he still officially a Dem when he was elected? He was certainly no liberal
Right, because conservatives are notoriously hands-off when it comes to textbooks
Fair. So my idea of sticking around to change it to R might be idiotic.
Less government and provide a path to less dependence and more self success is the goal. Democrats just want to keep more government and more dependence on government, thus more power over people and keep their vote.
I don’t have time to respond to this in the way I should as I have a few specific examples of Philadelphia Dem policies that are having adverse effects, however, complacency is just as bad as bad policy. The opioid epidemic has torn thru this country and the areas most often referred to are West Virginia, backwoods towns that probably don’t have the resources to deal with it.
When people can take a dump in front of your house and you are the bad guy for not wanting such a thing to happen, I think it is safe to say that a city like that sucks.
Increase funding for policing. Not be beholdened to the teachers union. Reduce the ridiculous wage tax that Philly collects. Not put the focus on making sure municipal employees specify their gender pronouns in emails but rather focus on the drug epidemic sweeping through large chunks of this city. Actually prosecute crimes. Crack down on the insane gun violence that plagues black neighborhoods. Just off the top of my head for my city. These are all things to which dems do the opposite.
OK just looked it up. You’re right that he was a Dem when he served as mayor from ‘72-‘80. Then he got term limited out and a few years later ran in a Dem primary against Wilson Goode. Then a few years after that he did switch parties and got the GOP nomination, narrowly losing to Goode again. Finally, in ‘91 he got the nomination one last time but had a fatal heart attack a few months before the election (probably would have lost to Rendell anyway).
Yep. When he actually was in office he was a dem. Had some last gasp machinations but when he actually had any real impact he was a dem.
We came up for a game and walked the city with my family, it was an eye opening experience for them. Love my Eagles but could never live there or any similar Liberal run city.
Sounds uncool. Surprised that it isn’t more publicized if this is rampant behavior.
