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Just Accept That New York City Is Lost.. Derek Hunter
« on: October 23, 2025, 11:14:54 am »
Just Accept That New York City Is Lost
Derek Hunter


Honestly, if you don’t live in New York City, why do you care about New York City? You probably don’t, but you still can’t escape talk of the race for mayor because, well, most national news organizations are based in Manhattan and what happens there matters to them, so they force it on you.

That being said, who runs the city does matter to the country to some extent, though much less now. Back when the stock market was a physical place where people piled onto the floor to throw pieces of paper all over each other as fortunes were made and lost, NYC mattered. Now it’s mostly done on a computer or even a phone while the brokers collect massive commissions and bonus checks in between lines of blow in Miami.

The financial hub of America ain’t what it used to be, to say the least, or at least as important a location.

That being said, taxes and regulations can still screw things up; it’s just more localized than it used to. That’s good – a mistake in New York City has less of a chance to ripple to where you live, which is why I’m content to let the city destroy itself.

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Re: Just Accept That New York City Is Lost.. Derek Hunter
« Reply #1 on: October 23, 2025, 12:18:16 pm »
And I don't understand why Rupert Murdoch et al. put so much effort into blocking Mamdani.  If the city's decline were going to be reversed, 70% of NYers would not have voted to reelect Kathy Hochul.  The city council is 45-6 dem, including some of the biggest nincompoops you would never want to encounter.  Mamdani will fit right in.
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Re: Just Accept That New York City Is Lost.. Derek Hunter
« Reply #2 on: October 23, 2025, 12:45:52 pm »
Money can move.  Poor people can't.

I don't accept anything at any time because 'it is what it is' 'until it isn't'.
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Re: Just Accept That New York City Is Lost.. Derek Hunter
« Reply #3 on: October 23, 2025, 01:17:16 pm »
I remember when 'Chock Full o' Nuts' was just a coffee there. Now it is the populace.
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Re: Just Accept That New York City Is Lost.. Derek Hunter
« Reply #4 on: October 23, 2025, 01:28:20 pm »
The New York Stock Exchange may very soon become the Dallas Stock Exchange, or the Miami Stock Exchange.... virtually all trading is done electronically anyway.

Sell off the physical assets, pay the (inevitable) exit taxes/penalties and move to a Free State.
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Re: Just Accept That New York City Is Lost.. Derek Hunter
« Reply #5 on: October 23, 2025, 06:27:21 pm »
NYC may have to hit rock bottom before it wakes up. And hopefully it won't be too late.
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Re: Just Accept That New York City Is Lost.. Derek Hunter
« Reply #6 on: October 23, 2025, 06:35:37 pm »
berdie chirps:
"NYC may have to hit rock bottom before it wakes up."

Manhattan is bedrock.
The place is already at "rock bottom".

They're gonna show us what's UNDERNEATH the bottom.
How low will they go...?
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Re: Just Accept That New York City Is Lost.. Derek Hunter
« Reply #7 on: October 23, 2025, 07:13:17 pm »
Quote from: andy58-in-nh on October 23, 2025, 01:28:20 pm
The New York Stock Exchange may very soon become the Dallas Stock Exchange, or the Miami Stock Exchange.... virtually all trading is done electronically anyway.

Jacksonville.  That will become the new Wall Street.
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Re: Just Accept That New York City Is Lost.. Derek Hunter
« Reply #8 on: October 23, 2025, 07:15:37 pm »
Quote from: berdie on October 23, 2025, 06:27:21 pm
NYC may have to hit rock bottom before it wakes up. And hopefully it won't be too late.

Ever read this book?

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Re: Just Accept That New York City Is Lost.. Derek Hunter
« Reply #9 on: October 23, 2025, 07:18:08 pm »
Quote from: berdie on October 23, 2025, 06:27:21 pm
NYC may have to hit rock bottom before it wakes up. And hopefully it won't be too late.

There’s no “may” about it; NYC will have to hit rock bottom before its voters get smart enough to stop voting suicidally.  Just as happened in the late 1970s.
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