While I don't like how he made his point (in fact, it wasn't clear at first), I think his point is that that is governing as done under Republicans.

There are blue cities, and blue states, that are doing just fine. I'm sorry your home isn't one of them. I would be complaining, too, if I lived there. And I have been there, so I have seen the druggies and vagrants on the street near the metro above Pike Market (and all the way to the Starbucks with the big vats). Also lots of police, so I never really felt endangered. But it is a mess.

OTOH, Tucson is mostly fine. Problems like any other city, but it's fine. Used to live there. Blue as they come. And they're less than an hour from the border. There really are TWO Tucsons...the south, which is poorer, Hispanic, and great Mexican food places, and north/east which is more typical middle class. The only complaint I ever really had was that they couldn't maintain the streets very well. Lots of patching, not enough repaving. Lots of stuff between the university and the downtown area (eateries, improv clubs, etc). Ironically, the university is probably in the most problematic area of the city.

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