Subject: Re: More life in blue cities
Me, being a resident of a place that used to be one of the world's gems before a laissez-faire drug policy and depolicing/harm reduction/restorative justice combo piledrived the city...ain't playing that game.

So, if we assume people on both sides of the aisle are aware of the problem, why do you think nothing is being done? Granted, I was just a visitor, but I did see an area of vagrancy and open drug use. Not everywhere I went, but that area I described previously. So it is apparent. Please don't just ascribe it to stupidity. I'm sure some officials are, and some voters are. That is everywhere. But enough voters are electing these people, and even assuming a normal distribution of intelligence, most of them aren't going to be stupid.