The town I live in is nice and clean and quiet. We have festivals downtown a couple of times a month that are family friendly and crime is so low you hardly notice it. They pretty much roll the sidewalks up at dark most nights, weekends excluded.
It's called getting what you vote for... and NYC has gotten exactly what it voted for.
Good on 'em I say.
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