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NYC came back because the mayor imposed some draconian laws - laws that would not be palatable in San Francisco.
by q1w2 3y ago
NYC came back because the mayor imposed some draconian laws - laws that would not be palatable in San Francisco.
- piva00 3y agoOr perhaps because of the finance industry boom of the 80s onwards?
- cscurmudgeon 3y agoResearch supports the draconian narrative. > The contribution of such deterrence measures (the "stick") offers more explanation for the decline in New York City crime than the improvement in the economy, the authors conclude. https://www.nber.org/digest/jan03/what-reduced-crime-new-york-city https://www.nber.org/digest/jan03/what-reduced-crime-new-yor...