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Probably not - heavily taxed cities controlled by democrats, like Boston, New York City, San Francisco, etc are the most successful in the US.

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New York has had Republican/Independent mayors for 20 of the last 21 years. And you ignore that heavily taxes cities controlled by democrats are some of the most impoverished, crime ridden and unsuccessful in the US. Namely, Detroit, Baltimore, Oakland, New Orleans.

Most successful?

They also make it difficult for anyone that isn't extremely wealthy to live there (the average apartment to rent in all of the cities you mention is $3000+) and the more restrictions and taxes for businesses make it so only huge companies can survive.

I never understood why a community of business owners applauds more and more taxes and restrictions, which will further make it difficult for you to run an actual business.

Edit: I know why. Because most people here don't run businesses or startups.

I'm not sure extra taxes and restrictions really make it harder to run most businesses. You just pass the extra cost on to your customers. That customer in Manhattan has enough money to pay $4000 each month for rent. He can afford to pay twice as much money for your service as people in rural areas.

Unless you are a janitor making minimum wage.

You're not going to build a business selling to janitors making minimum wage.

Exactly. But they have to shop/eat/live somewhere, and laying on heavy regulation and taxes doesn't help.

the average apartment to rent in all of the cities you mention is $3000+

That's a free market cost, the cost of being a popular place to live.

Detroit?

New York was revived by Rudy Giuliani, maintained by Bloomberg. People forgot how bad it could be (Dinkins) when they put deblasio in.

Here are the 10 most dangerous cities in the US with at least 200k population. Every one has democrat mayor:

  #1 DETROIT, MICHIGAN
  #2 OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA
  #3 MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE
  #4 ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI
  #5 CLEVELAND, OHIO
  #6 BALTIMORE, MARYLAND
  #7 MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN
  #8 BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA
  #9 NEWARK, NEW JERSEY
 #10 KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI

http://lawstreetmedia.com/crime-america-2015-top-10-dangerou...

This is pure FUD, coming from a seemingly very targeted throwaway account. Thinking that crime in a city is directly correlated with the political party of the mayor of that is naive at best.

Giuliani likes to tout that he turned NYC around, but his direct role in it is far from a settled matter. TL;DR: crime dropped everywhere in the early 90s, not just in NYC. [1]

Plus, how does your fearmongering about the current mayor jive with the fact that he brought in the same police commissioner that Giuliani did back when he took office?

[1] http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/article/2007/sep/01/...

There are few cities worth mentioning that have a Republican mayor.

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