I don't think this really makes sense. If the city were really just for rich people who don't care about others, then why don't they kick out all the homeless?

I don't think this really makes sense. If the city were really just for rich people who don't care about others, then why don't they kick out all the homeless? And why would they pass a high tax on businesses? And how can you say the wealthy don't care about jobs leaving or tech decline when most of the money here is from tech and the rich people work in tech? I could just as easily say the poorest run city policies: Housing - don't want gentrification and are rent-controlled anyway Thefts - don't care about rich store owners or home owners and don't want to be hassled by the police Schools - if they can't do advanced math then get rid of it so that no one is ahead of them Tech - they don't work in tech and don't want to compete against rich techies for housing I think the truth is that it's run by the entrenched, which is a mix of the rich and poor: people who already own property (because their families have been here a long time or because they're rich) and people who have rent-controlled apartments