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New York Smells Like a Declining City

The stench of weed is ubiquitous, and the mayor is encouraging the ‘industry.’

By Jason De Sena Trennert

March 8, 2023 1:22 pm ET

Wonder Land: Lori Lightfoot's exit in the Chicago mayoral election shows that more people are fed up with the status quo and pushing back. Images: AP Composite: Mark Kelly

New York

I came to Manhattan in 1990 because I was young and ambitious. To my good fortune, a humming economy and effective policing techniques based on the broken-windows theory made it relatively easy for me to start a family and a business here. Today, however, it feels as if the conditions that made New York a destination for businesses and families in the 1990s are no more.

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