By what metrics is NYC doing "great"? The amount of crime and visible urban decay/blight seems just as pronounced (in Lower Manhattan) as it does in San Francisco
>The amount of crime and visible urban decay/blight seems just as pronounced (in Lower Manhattan) as it does in San Francisco
The crime/urban blight angle is a red-herring; It implies that there was anytime in the last 30 years that New York/San Francisco was anywhere nearly comparable to a city like Tokyo.
Manhattan is already seeing a net influx in people moving back into the city.[1]
Those cities are also not reliant on one market sector that has happened to have a spectacular 20 year run. I guess Financial Services might be the closest thing, but there's a lot more to NYC than Wall Street.
The comparison to Detroit seems apt. When the automakers scaled down, there was no "Plan B" and the city leaders were too incompetent/corrupt to actually lead.
Maybe calling every critic in your town names and letting QoL go to absolute crap is the real driver of movement.