As a born and bred New Yorker, I have gone through bad and good times in the nation's largest city. With more than eight million residents, some believe Gotham is ungovernable, but they are wrong.
However, right now, the city is on the verge of anarchy after ten years of far-left governance. Hundreds of thousands of high earners have already packed up, mostly replaced by poor people who do not pay much in taxes.
On Saturday, I drove into the city from my home. It took me almost two hours to travel 21 miles. All city streets and avenues were blocked, and there was absolutely no traffic control. Intersections were blocked by drivers breaking the law as hundreds of cyclists wove in and out of traffic creating extremely dangerous situations. If a car hits a cyclist or jaywalker, you are sued. And you will lose.
I've been to extremely chaotic cities like Saigon and Cairo. New York is now worse. The civil and criminal systems have completely collapsed. No one is in charge; quality of life has plummeted as miscreants run wild.
At this point, it would almost take Martial Law to gain control of Gotham. And with far-left politicians running the city as well as the state, nothing is going to get better.
They say if you can make it here, you can make it anywhere, and that's still true. But one look at New York City's madness begs this question: Why would anyone want to make it here?
See you this evening for the No Spin News.