>Keep in mind this a city that has a rampant violent crime problem, No it doesn't. NYC has some of the lowest crime rates in the nation. Here is deaths per cap

>Keep in mind this a city that has a rampant violent crime problem, No it doesn't. NYC has some of the lowest crime rates in the nation. Here is deaths per capita from interpersonal violence (aka homicide) circa 2014. You can view as far back as 1980. NYC crime rates dipped below the national average in 1995 and have only gotten lower since. https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/mortality-rates-united-states/inter-violence/# https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/mortality-rates-united-... Bronx: 9.2 per 100k Queens: 3.5 per 100k Kings county (Brooklyn): 6.5 per 100k New York county (Manhattan): 3.3 per 100k Richmond county (Staten Island): 4.1 per 100k The 7 major felonies have gone done year after year for every year since the mid 90s. https://www1.nyc.gov/assets/nypd/downloads/pdf/analysis_and_planning/historical-crime-data/seven-major-felony-offenses-2000-2021.pdf https://www1.nyc.gov/assets/nypd/downloads/pdf/analysis_and_... https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/97/Giuliani_crime_rate.png https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/97/Giuliani... Your right about the disconnect between those on the coast and those outside, because you're obviously disconnected from the real on-the-ground situation in New York. "Why don't people identify with my political views", because some people identify with the version of reality editorialized on TV, and thus smugly berate us over the problems we don't actually have.