A lot of those companies won't reopen there. No tourists. Rich people moved out. No point in paying exorbitant rents to just lose money. Plus, flu season starts again in less than 3-1/2 months. You can't stay shut down and make money. A lot of workers will be working from home until next year.
Not long enough. That's only one Presidential and Gubernatorial election cycle and makes it possible for them not to miss a Senatorial election, depending where they move of course. The actual solution is state-level electoral colleges. That will prevent them from moving to non-Commie locations in the first place.
This. I think state-level electoral colleges would've prevented so much of the wrong of the last thirty years. Could've really put Portland and Seattle in check in some ways, for example.
...and replace it with election by statewide electoral college. You still end up with shitty politicians in local red districts who "go along to get along." I don't think I'm trusting them to pick senators. Plus, letting the state legislatures pick senators means you still end up with two Democrat senators in NY for example. Also, senators can continue to ignore everything north of NYC. Statewide electoral colleges fix that problem and very likely prevent it from becoming a guaranteed two Dem state. Clinton would never have been elected to the Senate in NY with a statewide electoral college.
That's too far-fetched to work. The electoral college system is not so suitable for state or smaller level elections since its really meant to normalize large geographic areas rather than race groups.
Whats practical is repealing the:
Federal Reserve Act
16th amendment
17th amendment
19th amendment
the 17th amendment allow direct popular voting of senators rather than elected by state senates who are in turn elected by the local districts, which approximates the electoral college ideal, as was the case prior.
The others are all problems too but try to explain to people that women make bad voters is difficult.
I agree with the rest of your post, but not that last bit. Being born with the magic flesh-noodle does not do anything toward whether you are an informed voter or not. Many of the most well-educated and determined conservative voters I've known have been women.
Being born with a penis doesn't make you an informed voter. Being born with testicles does, because they create the hormone testosterone which is used by both men and women to think logically.
Its a pretty complicated topic about culture, race, history etc. I won't say its clear cut but maybe voting rotes should be granted based on a wealth/responsibility test which is irrespective of sex. The main problem being women often with no stake in the policies they vote in being granted extraordinary benefits from those same acts. Now of course many groups act similarly female or not, due to the feminization of society largely through mass-migration since the 1960s.
The others are all problems too but try to explain to people that women make bad voters is difficult.
interesting thing to think about, the 1960 election is one of the closest in American history and more men voted for Nixon, but Kennedy won because he had a very large share of votes from women who voted for him because he was handsome
Makes you wonder how different things might have been.
especially back then 15 years after the end of ww2 and less than 10 years after Korea you had a lot of young men who would have been voters never came home
So, you think it's more practical to get two thirds of the house and senate to repeal three Constitutional amendments? Particularly when one of those amendments directly affects the chances of one of those entities getting re-elected? However, individual states creating a electoral college system for state-wide elections is not plausible?
Ironically, your idea only becomes realistic once state-level electoral colleges are set up. Then you can call a Constitutional Convention and maybe actually have 2/3rd of the states to back it up.
its not practical no, but at least its possible. I don't know how you go about creating instituting state level Electoral Colleges. What I mean is mostly the 17th amendment but I threw the rest in there for good measure, because really how do you solve an electoral issue without a free, suitable and non-coerced electorate.
I don't know how you go about creating instituting state level Electoral Colleges.
State legislatures can do it. States with (actual) Republicans in control of the house and senate and governor's seat could pull it off. I was hoping Kentucky would have done it under Bevin since they held a veto-proof majority. If he had taken action, he'd still be Governor. I imagine a state like Alabama or Oklahoma could pull it off pretty easily.
I won't be getting out by election but if I could I'd happily be out of Philly and vote for trump in a red area. My vote won't do anything in Philly. Don't care still voting Trump.
I thought it was all about the electoral votes but I didn't think about that. I was voting regardless but that makes me feel like my vote actually matters a bit.
Unless you mean they're going to somehow invalidate or steal your vote, your vote for president and Senate is worth just as much in Philly as it is in any other part of PA. The presidential election is really 50 state popular vote elections.
Trump really, really needs to win PA so your vote in a battleground state - no matter where it is cast - is actually much more important than the vote of someone in a solid red state.
Ok I'm really new to politics and still trying to learn but there is a 0 percent chance in a fair election that the county of Philadelphia will ever go red. I thought it only mattered if it could flip the county because I thought PA somehow was Dem most of the time despite Philly being the only blue county in the state. I know it is a swing state a lot of the time but I know pretty much nothing about politics and the whole process of how the vote and electoral college works.
The joggers and super liberal hipster soyboy commies ruining my city will all be voting against trump. Not for Biden just against trump. I've seen 1 Biden flag in the city. Been seeing more Trump flags popping up though and I don't live in the really nice part on the edge of the city.
Don't matter still voting Trump regardless don't want anyone to think I'm not gonna go vote just because Philly is super corrupt and my dead relatives all became Dems they day after they died magically
No, it's not by county or district unless you are actually voting at that level - for example, your county sheriff or state or US representative.
For President, whichever candidate gets the most votes in your state, wins that state and its electoral votes. So it doesn't matter where you live in PA, your vote for Trump has the same value as anyone else's in the state.
The Senate is also a popular vote statewide election.
Philly does have outsize influence over PA but only because it has so many people voting Dem.
Every vote matters but since you're in a swing state, yours matters more!
Thanks makes sense. I thought the big problem with all of this was the Dem shit holes (major cities) just voting blue and fucking over the rest of the state like CA where it's a lot of red with LA and SF going blue making CA go blue same for PA because Philly is by far the most populated like 1.2 mil the next closes I think is Pittsburgh with like 500k ish. PA has some beautiful and amazing small towns but that is all there really is outside of Philly Pittsburgh and Harrisburg small towns and rural nothingness.
Same thing is happening all over the country. Restaurants and the industry are devastated. Bars and clubs, gone. Will never return.
Same for live music, theater, dance clubs, etc. These places will never return. We are going to have an entire generation lost in many industries, because of this. I know people who worked in the entertainment industry who are now resigned to never working in that industry again, all of their sacrifice and hard work, all for nothing. Now they don't have a clue what to do.
The nuke that was dropped on our culture is devastating.
The nuke that was dropped on our culture is devastating.
And we allowed it. Everyone who shoved a mask up there ass and never questioned anything and told every to stay home to make themselves feel better allowed this. The American people are not as tough as they think.
It was all a distraction from what's really going on in the swamp. And the dumb public bought it hook, line and sinker. Social media is a very effective way of dispensing FUD, fear, uncertainty and doubt. Whereas before it was word of mouth and news papers that couldn't be changed by the minute to fit a narrative.
Yes but I feel sorry for all the waitresses who lost their jobs/lived off of tips. And all the old people in their 60s working hard towards retirement. There are a lot of people who cant work from home. So many people whose lives ruined financially.
The swing class business I attended had a change in leadership the month of shutdowns. The new couple moved to this city to run the business. Bet they're hurting right now.
Honestly I didn’t take any video. There was no point. It all looks back to “normal” except for the shitty BLM mural that’s all across 55-56th street splashed w red & white paint.
Even Washington square park arc w two statues that were covered in red paint has been sandblasted. You can still see “acab” faintly in black spray paint on the base but I think NYC knows how shitty it would look if they kept it as it was in June.
The commie city government has come out and said they plan on buying up all the unused property. DiBlasio himself has said he doesn't believe in private property in NYC
Correct. It's okay to steal from him. Just make sure you have the clip where he said he doesn't believe in private property. Modern Boss Tweed with a side of light genocide via the nursing homes.
Until, that is, he buys a bunch from the city, himself. Or, the "Corporation", which he couldn't staff properly, so, he has his wife as a CEO, buy it. Or, lease it. Or, get control of sales/leasing aspect of it.
So they're buying up all the unused property, but haven't considered who's actually going to want it once all the taxpayers leave and the city becomes a (bigger) shithole?
Having leased in NYC, the square footage includes to the outside of the exterior walls of the building and the common areas (divided with other tenants if there are any). The leases are also usually triple net as well. In other words, it's insanely expensive.
NYC real estate is a bizarre world. I learned all about it living near there, and attempting multiple times to try and get a foothold by renting. (Boy, was I dumb)
There's a youtuber name Lois Rossmann, who does Macbook repair in NYC. He was forced out of a hole in the wall in lower Manhattan because his company has gotten so successful, he needed more space. He documented his adventures trying to find a new space, and dealing with NYC realtors and NYC prices. It's insanity. The prices are bad enough, but the lying, corruption, and sleaze is just shocking how blatant it is.
Last month, he was attempting to look for a house to buy, in the region. Another eye opening series of videos, looking at the crapshacks he could afford, near the city.
I'm 62 years old and play soccer with guys half my age. In the heat I always do better than they do. But that's because I keep the air conditioning turned off in my office. It's not the heat that bothers people. It's the air conditioning! That's what makes the heat insufferable to some.
I knew a guy in the military who got posted direct from the Persian Gulf to a city in the Arctic. In February. It was horrible for him. Enters one airport in +47c and left the other in -47c
My old car didn't have AC, and while driving around in the LA summer was nearly unbearable, I'd swear the constant "sauna treatments" kept me healthier.
We have Greek relatives who don't have AC, and don't use car AC. In 100deg+ heat they all have no major heat-related problems, even the old grandmothers who are 85 and 92.
It's the humidity. I've lived on both coasts. It's 100+ right now on the west coast - but very low humidity. It's bearable if you're not in the direct sun, and I usually don't turn my A/C on until it's 95+ - and only lower the temp to 80. And then don't need it at night, because it cools off, or at worst I just leave a fan running.
New York in August is FUCKING MISERABLE without A/C. I grew up in that, and lived it as an adult. You can't breathe! And sleeping in 90+ heat and high humidity? It's awful. We had one window unit A/C as a kid, in my parents bedroom. (Of course, lol) Many nights in august us kids were camped on their beds or on the floor because we could not sleep in our rooms, it was too stifling.
I can live without central air in NY most of the year, but come August, screw you, I'm turning the damn A/C on.
Vote in the red area where your vote will count. Florida needs your vote!!! This is what our state's election page states: "Eligible individuals can register to vote at any time. The deadline to register in order to participate in an upcoming election is 29 days before the election. The registration deadline for 2020 General Election: October 5." Look up what you have to do - I assume first thing needed would be to get a driver's license in the state of FL? Look into making an appointment with the DMV SOON as they may be backed up from Covid? Link to how to register in Florida
Edit: I wouldn't do anything by mail. The mail here has been crazy - things getting delayed, lost, etc. Whatever you do, don't trust the mail with sending in your voter registration application.
If you go to a DMV in the middle of Broward, et. al., there's going to be a lot more delays, mask requirements, etc. which will mess up your registration attempt.
If you were a democrat you could vote in both New York and Florida. If you were driving down you could vote in every state on the way down. Got a dog? Now you can vote DOUBLE in every state.
Vote in accordance with the law. Check the laws before you go. If you want to vote in Florida, then be sure to establish residency per the law in time to do that.
In most counties you have to provide ID when you vote, so allow time to get that updated as well. Better get busy!
This year...vote in both. (But I think your Florida vote will count more.) Beat the Left at their own game. I had a Libertarian friend years ago registered in NY and NC and managed one year to vote in both states. Voted in the morning in NC then flew up to NY to vote there. NY makes it particularly easy to get away with this since they not only don't ask for any ID, they act like a vampire having a crucifix thrown in its face if you even try.
My fear is a lot of New Yorkers are coming down here and they'll bring their retarded political mindset with them and turn FL into NY and I'll be forced to flee my state...again.
Obviously not you, but not all NY refugees are MAGA like you.
Good for you buddy, that's amazing. I moved to the Tampa area almost 3.5 years ago...namely across the bay to the Pinellas peninsula where Clearwater Beach is...best decision of my life to leave shithole Northern Virginia behind.
Tallahassee has done a pretty good job redistricting the state so most of the areas which blue state refugees move to will be inoculated from affecting the state too badly for federal elections.
That said, nothing red pills folks as well as Republican kindness.
20% of Floridians were born in the North-East, so you're definitely not off point. I think a lot adopt our politics when they come down but there's definitely a segment that tries to push their failed policies on us.
Stop running and start fighting. All these people running now from blue states, where will they run when they ruin the red states? You all going to run into the middle of the ocean? Do you think you can run to another country? LOL most of the countries in the West have already had the same thing happen. All the decent conservative people run away, leaving all the cities, all that history, all that WORK that was done by us to build them, to the scumbags that don't deserve it. STOP RUNNING PEOPLE AND START FIGHTING. you CAN convert people to the conservative, populist cause if you try, but you can't do it if you run away.
I'm not going to stay living in a place that I get attacked for being a race or becayse I have a certain opinion just "to fight". Nor am I going to abandon my dream that I'm finally living of being right by the beach.
Friend, if we don't fight for space in this country we won't have any space at all, and no more to run to. When you get where you're going, are you not going to fight when they come there and start electing Democrats there, too? Because it's going to happen.
Thanks for moving down before the election and helping my state stay red!!! Florida definitely doesn't need any more incoming residents from up north who vote D.
I agree! I know you would probably like to sway NY, but your vote may not count as much there if it stays blue. Historically, Florida is a swing state that definitely decides elections. We have had so many people move into our state in the last 15-20 years that vote blue, we are in desperate need of help. We used to be red, but probably more like purple now. You have to follow your conscience, of course, but we could certainly use your vote here to help offset the New Yorkers who are moving down and will vote dem!
Only 36% of Floridians were actually born here, so we're definitely heavily affected by transplants political opinions, which I say as a transplant myself. We can use all of the Republican support we can get for sure.
Fellow New Yorkistani refugee in Florida. Defend the Red down here. We need help. A literal crackhead came close to winning the Governor race down here.
Lol i have ..... They all think they are nascar drivers, in their POS sedans that have parts falling off, cutting people off while trying to keep up with the $150k Mercedes amg doing the same thing.
I remember when that road was built. There used to be real restaurants at the service areas with oval counters, swivel stools, and waitresses. Real treat for me as a kid. And then they closed them.
NYC doesn't really have that many residents - losing residents won't be as impactful as losing the jobs that the boarded up businesses represent. Big parts of NYC turns into a ghost town at night, because everyone commutes in.
But white flight is happening all over the country. People are bailing on any big city right now. They made the mess, now they expect everyone else to clean it up. Diversity is making our cities shitholes. Again. Go look at a movie shot in NYC or SF in the 70's - the were grim, ugly, delapidated messes from years of Dem "leadership". We saw a renaissance of these cities in the 80's, with the new wealth from Reagan's polices, and where you could once rent practically an entire building for what people pay now for a studio apartment.
I grew up on the east coast. I remember driving through NYC, on a family trip, seeing carcass after carcass of abandoned cars along the freeway into the city, literal drifts of trash and litter. The city, under corrupt dems like Koch, just stopped directing his city workers to stop towing the stripped cars. Go watch Serpico, it's a true story of what NYC was like in the 70's - corrupt, falling apart, and a hellhole.
I left Upstate when I turned 18. It was called Land of Taxes even back then 50 yrs ago. Dems have ruined the state. All the Upstate taxes goes to supporting NYC.
Thanks for clarifying. I figured that this was older footage, since NYC hasn't really seen major riot destruction for the past few weeks as far as I know.
Boards and graffiti are still in NYC. Gucci is not essential business. Many of the shops on Canal street are boarded up but not all. It's not 100% by any means.
Most stores are open. People are shopping; although not as busy as before of course, but I've been in many clothing stores, non-food stores; people are out. Most people in Manhattan when outside are wearing masks. I'd say more than 3/4 in my experience, which is mostly Union Square area/East/West Village/Lincoln Center area/Central Park. Myself, I don't wear it when outside unless going from place to place in a short distance. Also never had anyone say anything to me about not wearing one. Inside of course is a different story; I wear it.
This video is from right after the riots that started after George Floyd death. Don’t know if it looks the same now but just wanted to put that into context.
The greatest city in the world, destroyed again.Did you know that Donald Trump was the first to lure rich taxpayers back to Manhattan by building Trump Tower after the last downfall?
I was originally going to take my wife to NYC this summer as it would have been her first trip. We had everything booked. Then came the Gook Flu which ruined that. We then decided that we would go for Christmas so that I could show her Central Park, midtown, the lights, the stores. Then a bunch of subhumans started rioting. Crime. Defunding of police.
I didnt have plans for New York specifically, but I used to live in Chicago and loved it. I dont get the anti-city sentiment that seems to permeate this site sometimes. But maybe its time to gain an appreciation for rural areas. Weve vacationed in cities recently but now Im thinking we should do more stuff like national parks, camping, etc.
I dont get the anti-city sentiment that seems to permeate this site sometimes
The big cities are like the state of CA. Like the state itself, once beautiful with interesting places to go and things to enjoy. Then it was all ruined by radical leftists. We just hate what horrible, entitled people have done to them.
In the wrong area, NYC can be a living hell. And certain parts of Brooklyn and Manhattan have been colonized by hipsters or foreigners, and kept nearly unlivable by them just to maintain control.
That said, a lot of rich people really enjoy Manhattan for a change of pace. Broadway shows, fancy restaurants, high end retail, Central Park, elegant hotels...there was a lot of great cultural infrastructure built up over the years. And if the rich people disappear, that will also disappear over time.
I've also known some artsy people who really love the museums in NYC, or maybe the opera. I still want to go there for the museums.
New York stores were smart
Put up the wood to protect the glass and some hired private security which is a shame since they are already paying taxes to be protected already
With the election being rigged by voting fraud it’s definitely scary. I hope you have your life savings, Costa Rica living is expensive! Pedo puedes ver perezosos en Costa Rica ;P lol
I always kept a few thous tucked away in case things got so bad here I had to escape to Mexico. Now there is no place to escape to and I have to use that money to live on bec the govt shut my business down. Sad times. Strange times.
Stores are GONE!!! Been there for 30, 40, 50 years GONE!!!!
Homeless and drug addicts are ruling the streets. Violence is sky rocketing.
A certain element is now in Manhattan and I honestly dont feel safe. Ive noticed a LARGE uptick in young black hood folks shopping at saks, etc. Something seems fishy.
You see, these socialist mayors are allowing some of our great economic engines to be destroyed.
They are doing it on purpose, huge cities will devolve further into chaos.
Deblasio is setting up a scenario for The Warriors sequel. Meanwhile he and his crime buddies are buying up all the properties and playing the long-game. For some unknown reason, people like to live in that city and will come back at some point.
This video is pretty old at this point, but it's true that the media never showed the true extent of the damage. Nor did national media ever talk about the smaller cities that were also vandalized.
In five years NY is going to look like Los Angeles in Blade Runner. The high rises will house the millions of immigrants who have flooded in. Drones will fly around barking orders to try and control the crime, which has multiplied by 10,000 percent.
OR, Giuliani gets reelected and cleans it up in two years, so that in five years, it's better than ever.
NY pede. Moving very soon. The city was always a bit gross, but now there’s literal garbage strewn out along the streets nearly everywhere. My luxury high rise has a growing homeless/mentally ill population right outside that treats the world as their toilet. It’s disgusting and any charm the city had is gone.
I hope those leaving update their census responses. Don't want NY, CA, or any of those other shitholes people are deserting getting more reps than they deserve
Good nyc has always been a shit house full of shit people. Its about time they are honest with themselves . City living isn't living. Surround yourself with people who only care about money and this is what you get.
It is dire, but this video is one I saw a couple of weeks after the looting. It's not quite that bad now, but it's still not good. Watch Jason Goodman walkarounds on YT and you will see how it is now. (Also a guy called Action Kid.) They go out almost daily on foot to different parts of Manhatran.
When Covid first got big in spring all the high end stores in large cities put up boards like a war was coming. They knew back then what would happen. It was all a planned pandemic to cover for the economic collapse. Everyone who studied the economy knew it would collapse we just didn't know how they would try to cover it up. Now we know.
All of those businesses actually lose money, but because of the high amounts of foot traffic from global travelers, they make money in the long run from being able to place a store strictly for advertising purposes.
Those stores lease space for $750+ 'per square foot' per year.... some of the highest rents in the world.
A lot of those companies won't reopen there. No tourists. Rich people moved out. No point in paying exorbitant rents to just lose money. Plus, flu season starts again in less than 3-1/2 months. You can't stay shut down and make money. A lot of workers will be working from home until next year.
Should be a law that prohibits you from voting for a minimum of 5 years, when you flee Democrat Strongholds.
Not long enough. That's only one Presidential and Gubernatorial election cycle and makes it possible for them not to miss a Senatorial election, depending where they move of course. The actual solution is state-level electoral colleges. That will prevent them from moving to non-Commie locations in the first place.
This. I think state-level electoral colleges would've prevented so much of the wrong of the last thirty years. Could've really put Portland and Seattle in check in some ways, for example.
Repeal the 17th amendment.
...and replace it with election by statewide electoral college. You still end up with shitty politicians in local red districts who "go along to get along." I don't think I'm trusting them to pick senators. Plus, letting the state legislatures pick senators means you still end up with two Democrat senators in NY for example. Also, senators can continue to ignore everything north of NYC. Statewide electoral colleges fix that problem and very likely prevent it from becoming a guaranteed two Dem state. Clinton would never have been elected to the Senate in NY with a statewide electoral college.
I like that idea a lot.
Repeal the 19th while you’re at it.
That would be great.
That's too far-fetched to work. The electoral college system is not so suitable for state or smaller level elections since its really meant to normalize large geographic areas rather than race groups.
Whats practical is repealing the:
the 17th amendment allow direct popular voting of senators rather than elected by state senates who are in turn elected by the local districts, which approximates the electoral college ideal, as was the case prior.
The others are all problems too but try to explain to people that women make bad voters is difficult.
I agree with the rest of your post, but not that last bit. Being born with the magic flesh-noodle does not do anything toward whether you are an informed voter or not. Many of the most well-educated and determined conservative voters I've known have been women.
Being born with a penis doesn't make you an informed voter. Being born with testicles does, because they create the hormone testosterone which is used by both men and women to think logically.
Its a pretty complicated topic about culture, race, history etc. I won't say its clear cut but maybe voting rotes should be granted based on a wealth/responsibility test which is irrespective of sex. The main problem being women often with no stake in the policies they vote in being granted extraordinary benefits from those same acts. Now of course many groups act similarly female or not, due to the feminization of society largely through mass-migration since the 1960s.
interesting thing to think about, the 1960 election is one of the closest in American history and more men voted for Nixon, but Kennedy won because he had a very large share of votes from women who voted for him because he was handsome
Makes you wonder how different things might have been.
Its not just that women often make bad voters but that there are also more of them.
especially back then 15 years after the end of ww2 and less than 10 years after Korea you had a lot of young men who would have been voters never came home
So, you think it's more practical to get two thirds of the house and senate to repeal three Constitutional amendments? Particularly when one of those amendments directly affects the chances of one of those entities getting re-elected? However, individual states creating a electoral college system for state-wide elections is not plausible?
Ironically, your idea only becomes realistic once state-level electoral colleges are set up. Then you can call a Constitutional Convention and maybe actually have 2/3rd of the states to back it up.
its not practical no, but at least its possible. I don't know how you go about creating instituting state level Electoral Colleges. What I mean is mostly the 17th amendment but I threw the rest in there for good measure, because really how do you solve an electoral issue without a free, suitable and non-coerced electorate.
State legislatures can do it. States with (actual) Republicans in control of the house and senate and governor's seat could pull it off. I was hoping Kentucky would have done it under Bevin since they held a veto-proof majority. If he had taken action, he'd still be Governor. I imagine a state like Alabama or Oklahoma could pull it off pretty easily.
They're trying it in Texas apparently: https://www.honestaustin.com/2020/07/23/texas-gop-platform-state-electoral-college-proposal/
I won't be getting out by election but if I could I'd happily be out of Philly and vote for trump in a red area. My vote won't do anything in Philly. Don't care still voting Trump.
Bay area, never voted before in my life. Doing the deed for 45.
My first time voting for anything too Congratulations MAGA
I'm still voting. My brother was so happy to vote trump last time it's a shame he'll be voting Dem this time.
In case the joke is missed he died 2 years ago. He even voted Dem for all our cities shit last year...
Thanks I appreciate it.
We can win the popular vote and really make 'em cry.
I thought it was all about the electoral votes but I didn't think about that. I was voting regardless but that makes me feel like my vote actually matters a bit.
It'd be nice but let's be real California will produced 18 billion votes for Biden so even though Trump will win 49 states they'll still bitch
Unless you mean they're going to somehow invalidate or steal your vote, your vote for president and Senate is worth just as much in Philly as it is in any other part of PA. The presidential election is really 50 state popular vote elections.
Trump really, really needs to win PA so your vote in a battleground state - no matter where it is cast - is actually much more important than the vote of someone in a solid red state.
Ok I'm really new to politics and still trying to learn but there is a 0 percent chance in a fair election that the county of Philadelphia will ever go red. I thought it only mattered if it could flip the county because I thought PA somehow was Dem most of the time despite Philly being the only blue county in the state. I know it is a swing state a lot of the time but I know pretty much nothing about politics and the whole process of how the vote and electoral college works.
The joggers and super liberal hipster soyboy commies ruining my city will all be voting against trump. Not for Biden just against trump. I've seen 1 Biden flag in the city. Been seeing more Trump flags popping up though and I don't live in the really nice part on the edge of the city.
Don't matter still voting Trump regardless don't want anyone to think I'm not gonna go vote just because Philly is super corrupt and my dead relatives all became Dems they day after they died magically
No, it's not by county or district unless you are actually voting at that level - for example, your county sheriff or state or US representative.
For President, whichever candidate gets the most votes in your state, wins that state and its electoral votes. So it doesn't matter where you live in PA, your vote for Trump has the same value as anyone else's in the state.
The Senate is also a popular vote statewide election.
Philly does have outsize influence over PA but only because it has so many people voting Dem.
Every vote matters but since you're in a swing state, yours matters more!
Thanks makes sense. I thought the big problem with all of this was the Dem shit holes (major cities) just voting blue and fucking over the rest of the state like CA where it's a lot of red with LA and SF going blue making CA go blue same for PA because Philly is by far the most populated like 1.2 mil the next closes I think is Pittsburgh with like 500k ish. PA has some beautiful and amazing small towns but that is all there really is outside of Philly Pittsburgh and Harrisburg small towns and rural nothingness.
That you have to explain this to anyone is scary at this point.
Philly - where there are precincts where literally 100% voted for the side of beef. What a crock of shit.
What if you are a patriot fleeing the insanity?
I’m leaving SF moving to red state.
I’ve always voted red.
Same thing is happening all over the country. Restaurants and the industry are devastated. Bars and clubs, gone. Will never return.
Same for live music, theater, dance clubs, etc. These places will never return. We are going to have an entire generation lost in many industries, because of this. I know people who worked in the entertainment industry who are now resigned to never working in that industry again, all of their sacrifice and hard work, all for nothing. Now they don't have a clue what to do.
The nuke that was dropped on our culture is devastating.
And we allowed it. Everyone who shoved a mask up there ass and never questioned anything and told every to stay home to make themselves feel better allowed this. The American people are not as tough as they think.
It was all a distraction from what's really going on in the swamp. And the dumb public bought it hook, line and sinker. Social media is a very effective way of dispensing FUD, fear, uncertainty and doubt. Whereas before it was word of mouth and news papers that couldn't be changed by the minute to fit a narrative.
Yes but I feel sorry for all the waitresses who lost their jobs/lived off of tips. And all the old people in their 60s working hard towards retirement. There are a lot of people who cant work from home. So many people whose lives ruined financially.
The swing class business I attended had a change in leadership the month of shutdowns. The new couple moved to this city to run the business. Bet they're hurting right now.
Ugh. This video is from early June.
I was just on 5th ave (that same exact street in vid) in beginning of August and everything is open - no boards anymore.
This video is disingenuous at this point in time.
Then post an updated video here with a timestamp.
No body likes fake news, but standing around and doing nothing doesn't help battle it either.
Honestly I didn’t take any video. There was no point. It all looks back to “normal” except for the shitty BLM mural that’s all across 55-56th street splashed w red & white paint.
Even Washington square park arc w two statues that were covered in red paint has been sandblasted. You can still see “acab” faintly in black spray paint on the base but I think NYC knows how shitty it would look if they kept it as it was in June.
I don’t live in NYC but go often for my business.
They’re all open now. This is an old video. But, there’s no customers
theyll pay so they can virtue signal
The commie city government has come out and said they plan on buying up all the unused property. DiBlasio himself has said he doesn't believe in private property in NYC
No no no it only works in one direction when he wants it.
Like postmodernism lol
Correct. It's okay to steal from him. Just make sure you have the clip where he said he doesn't believe in private property. Modern Boss Tweed with a side of light genocide via the nursing homes.
Unplanned donations.
Why isn't Wilhelm looking down the barrel of an NYPD beretta?
Until, that is, he buys a bunch from the city, himself. Or, the "Corporation", which he couldn't staff properly, so, he has his wife as a CEO, buy it. Or, lease it. Or, get control of sales/leasing aspect of it.
So they're buying up all the unused property, but haven't considered who's actually going to want it once all the taxpayers leave and the city becomes a (bigger) shithole?
Bet the Chinese do.
And that kids is how New York City became Detroit.
FTFY
Man, Hurricane Floyd has been hitting all over the country...
The never ending St Floyd Festival!
:)
Having leased in NYC, the square footage includes to the outside of the exterior walls of the building and the common areas (divided with other tenants if there are any). The leases are also usually triple net as well. In other words, it's insanely expensive.
I lease commercial space - my retail goes at $15/sf gross + utilities.
From what I know - those Manhattan high end retail spaces have much more to do with pushing 'stock prices' - than actually turning a profit.
2,500sf at ~$800/sf = $2 million in rent per year. Pretty big nut to crack.
lmao
NYC real estate is a bizarre world. I learned all about it living near there, and attempting multiple times to try and get a foothold by renting. (Boy, was I dumb)
There's a youtuber name Lois Rossmann, who does Macbook repair in NYC. He was forced out of a hole in the wall in lower Manhattan because his company has gotten so successful, he needed more space. He documented his adventures trying to find a new space, and dealing with NYC realtors and NYC prices. It's insanity. The prices are bad enough, but the lying, corruption, and sleaze is just shocking how blatant it is.
Last month, he was attempting to look for a house to buy, in the region. Another eye opening series of videos, looking at the crapshacks he could afford, near the city.
Time for a different city!
Florida is nice if you can get past the fucking humidity kek. That shit is unbearable for me, but I grew up and currently live in a very arid climate.
I'm 62 years old and play soccer with guys half my age. In the heat I always do better than they do. But that's because I keep the air conditioning turned off in my office. It's not the heat that bothers people. It's the air conditioning! That's what makes the heat insufferable to some.
I'm 61. You are right about A/C. I don't think the human body is designed for abrupt changes in temperature all of the time.
I knew a guy in the military who got posted direct from the Persian Gulf to a city in the Arctic. In February. It was horrible for him. Enters one airport in +47c and left the other in -47c
My old car didn't have AC, and while driving around in the LA summer was nearly unbearable, I'd swear the constant "sauna treatments" kept me healthier.
We have Greek relatives who don't have AC, and don't use car AC. In 100deg+ heat they all have no major heat-related problems, even the old grandmothers who are 85 and 92.
It's the humidity. I've lived on both coasts. It's 100+ right now on the west coast - but very low humidity. It's bearable if you're not in the direct sun, and I usually don't turn my A/C on until it's 95+ - and only lower the temp to 80. And then don't need it at night, because it cools off, or at worst I just leave a fan running.
New York in August is FUCKING MISERABLE without A/C. I grew up in that, and lived it as an adult. You can't breathe! And sleeping in 90+ heat and high humidity? It's awful. We had one window unit A/C as a kid, in my parents bedroom. (Of course, lol) Many nights in august us kids were camped on their beds or on the floor because we could not sleep in our rooms, it was too stifling.
I can live without central air in NY most of the year, but come August, screw you, I'm turning the damn A/C on.
Leave a window down so frost won't build up on the inside. I had a 65 Pontiac with no heat, I know these things.
ROTFLMAO thanks!
Humidity ran me out of Houston years ago, as well as tree rats and flying roaches.
Visiting now for work, it’s fucking disgustingly humid, and damn those roaches are big
I learned about roaches and kids jumpin’ into Joe’s lap.
A pellet rifle and a black iron pot will take care of any tree rat problem.
You cook them in the pot outside?
Any heat source, campfire or stove.
Oh fuck no
Oh fuck yes, and they are 3+ inches long sometimes. Nasty things.
I had a 3” long grasshopper in my bathroom...flew in when I had the door open for just a few seconds. Ranting and raving and screaming but I got him.
You haven't experienced life until you've experienced a roach flying towards you when you turn on a light.
South Texas here.
Also, we have bot flys.
Interesting
it’s not that bad.
Vote in the red area where your vote will count. Florida needs your vote!!! This is what our state's election page states: "Eligible individuals can register to vote at any time. The deadline to register in order to participate in an upcoming election is 29 days before the election. The registration deadline for 2020 General Election: October 5." Look up what you have to do - I assume first thing needed would be to get a driver's license in the state of FL? Look into making an appointment with the DMV SOON as they may be backed up from Covid? Link to how to register in Florida Edit: I wouldn't do anything by mail. The mail here has been crazy - things getting delayed, lost, etc. Whatever you do, don't trust the mail with sending in your voter registration application.
Try to go to a DMV in a rural county.
If you go to a DMV in the middle of Broward, et. al., there's going to be a lot more delays, mask requirements, etc. which will mess up your registration attempt.
Vote in Florida, you can register when you apply for a Florida drivers license.
If you were a democrat you could vote in both New York and Florida. If you were driving down you could vote in every state on the way down. Got a dog? Now you can vote DOUBLE in every state.
Florida isn't secure red as much as our side like's to think it is.
Also, if you haven't registered on the census, please add yourself to the Sunshine State!
Florida is absolutely not a secure red state
Florida has been a battleground state for a while because of Miami Dade.
I would say Florida needs every red vote it can get to secure it.
Vote in accordance with the law. Check the laws before you go. If you want to vote in Florida, then be sure to establish residency per the law in time to do that.
In most counties you have to provide ID when you vote, so allow time to get that updated as well. Better get busy!
This year...vote in both. (But I think your Florida vote will count more.) Beat the Left at their own game. I had a Libertarian friend years ago registered in NY and NC and managed one year to vote in both states. Voted in the morning in NC then flew up to NY to vote there. NY makes it particularly easy to get away with this since they not only don't ask for any ID, they act like a vampire having a crucifix thrown in its face if you even try.
My fear is a lot of New Yorkers are coming down here and they'll bring their retarded political mindset with them and turn FL into NY and I'll be forced to flee my state...again.
Obviously not you, but not all NY refugees are MAGA like you.
That being said, what area you coming down to?
Good for you buddy, that's amazing. I moved to the Tampa area almost 3.5 years ago...namely across the bay to the Pinellas peninsula where Clearwater Beach is...best decision of my life to leave shithole Northern Virginia behind.
Same here, I've lived in St. Pete for 11 years since fleeing the failed city of Philadelphia and I will never go back.
Awesome... very red there already. You’ll love it.
Tallahassee has done a pretty good job redistricting the state so most of the areas which blue state refugees move to will be inoculated from affecting the state too badly for federal elections.
That said, nothing red pills folks as well as Republican kindness.
20% of Floridians were born in the North-East, so you're definitely not off point. I think a lot adopt our politics when they come down but there's definitely a segment that tries to push their failed policies on us.
Stop running and start fighting. All these people running now from blue states, where will they run when they ruin the red states? You all going to run into the middle of the ocean? Do you think you can run to another country? LOL most of the countries in the West have already had the same thing happen. All the decent conservative people run away, leaving all the cities, all that history, all that WORK that was done by us to build them, to the scumbags that don't deserve it. STOP RUNNING PEOPLE AND START FIGHTING. you CAN convert people to the conservative, populist cause if you try, but you can't do it if you run away.
I'm not going to stay living in a place that I get attacked for being a race or becayse I have a certain opinion just "to fight". Nor am I going to abandon my dream that I'm finally living of being right by the beach.
Friend, if we don't fight for space in this country we won't have any space at all, and no more to run to. When you get where you're going, are you not going to fight when they come there and start electing Democrats there, too? Because it's going to happen.
I'd fight for my space here and now. Not where I was.
You can't convince me to fight for something I hate in the first place.
Make sure you register to vote so you can vote for GEOTUS!
Thanks for moving down before the election and helping my state stay red!!! Florida definitely doesn't need any more incoming residents from up north who vote D.
I agree! I know you would probably like to sway NY, but your vote may not count as much there if it stays blue. Historically, Florida is a swing state that definitely decides elections. We have had so many people move into our state in the last 15-20 years that vote blue, we are in desperate need of help. We used to be red, but probably more like purple now. You have to follow your conscience, of course, but we could certainly use your vote here to help offset the New Yorkers who are moving down and will vote dem!
Only 36% of Floridians were actually born here, so we're definitely heavily affected by transplants political opinions, which I say as a transplant myself. We can use all of the Republican support we can get for sure.
I really don't understand that.
Fellow New Yorkistani refugee in Florida. Defend the Red down here. We need help. A literal crackhead came close to winning the Governor race down here.
Hahaha, for serious, and it didn't stay in the papers that long at all.
Keep right except to pass (honestly NJ drivers are the worst) and leave you politics where you came from
Can confirm, many NY plates seen in PA as of late.
NY and NJ drivers both fucking suck and are assholes
So are Calif drivers
Nah you haven't experienced Atlanta drivers yet
Lol i have ..... They all think they are nascar drivers, in their POS sedans that have parts falling off, cutting people off while trying to keep up with the $150k Mercedes amg doing the same thing.
Lol for real. I have lived in DC and LA before ATL. Everyone talks about how their locals are shitty drivers, but honestly ATL is next level insanity.
Thankfully, I’m now far enough outside the perimeter to not see them as much..
Probably Rochester. No 3 lane stretches in Syracuse or Utica.
I remember when that road was built. There used to be real restaurants at the service areas with oval counters, swivel stools, and waitresses. Real treat for me as a kid. And then they closed them.
NYC doesn't really have that many residents - losing residents won't be as impactful as losing the jobs that the boarded up businesses represent. Big parts of NYC turns into a ghost town at night, because everyone commutes in.
But white flight is happening all over the country. People are bailing on any big city right now. They made the mess, now they expect everyone else to clean it up. Diversity is making our cities shitholes. Again. Go look at a movie shot in NYC or SF in the 70's - the were grim, ugly, delapidated messes from years of Dem "leadership". We saw a renaissance of these cities in the 80's, with the new wealth from Reagan's polices, and where you could once rent practically an entire building for what people pay now for a studio apartment.
I grew up on the east coast. I remember driving through NYC, on a family trip, seeing carcass after carcass of abandoned cars along the freeway into the city, literal drifts of trash and litter. The city, under corrupt dems like Koch, just stopped directing his city workers to stop towing the stripped cars. Go watch Serpico, it's a true story of what NYC was like in the 70's - corrupt, falling apart, and a hellhole.
It's going back to that.
I left Upstate when I turned 18. It was called Land of Taxes even back then 50 yrs ago. Dems have ruined the state. All the Upstate taxes goes to supporting NYC.
"...driving slowly in the left lane..."
Lol, is that what NY drivers are known for or something?
NYC here. This is not NYC now, this was from early June during the riots.
That is the point. Peqceful protesters don’t require boarded windows.
Thank you for some insight. Were the boards there to prevent looting or placed there after windows were broken?
Both. Some already got looted the nights before, some were boarding up to prevent what seemed like inevitable looting.
Thanks for clarifying. I figured that this was older footage, since NYC hasn't really seen major riot destruction for the past few weeks as far as I know.
Now in Chicago on the other hand...
Boards and graffiti are still in NYC. Gucci is not essential business. Many of the shops on Canal street are boarded up but not all. It's not 100% by any means.
I drove down Canal Street last Sunday. Everything was boarded up and/or covered in graffiti.
So what does 5th ave look like now? Are those stores open? Are people shopping, wearing masks? I haven't really checked the status of NYC lately.
Most stores are open. People are shopping; although not as busy as before of course, but I've been in many clothing stores, non-food stores; people are out. Most people in Manhattan when outside are wearing masks. I'd say more than 3/4 in my experience, which is mostly Union Square area/East/West Village/Lincoln Center area/Central Park. Myself, I don't wear it when outside unless going from place to place in a short distance. Also never had anyone say anything to me about not wearing one. Inside of course is a different story; I wear it.
Unbelievable, every single store is boarded up
What’s been done to this once great city under Rudy Giuliani is now tragic and sad 😞
Nukes are easier to rebuild from than Democrat leadership.
This video is from right after the riots that started after George Floyd death. Don’t know if it looks the same now but just wanted to put that into context.
Wood and Barbed wire to keep out COVID? Well, that's odd. (heavy on the sarcasm)
The greatest city in the world, destroyed again.Did you know that Donald Trump was the first to lure rich taxpayers back to Manhattan by building Trump Tower after the last downfall?
Yes I did.
I was originally going to take my wife to NYC this summer as it would have been her first trip. We had everything booked. Then came the Gook Flu which ruined that. We then decided that we would go for Christmas so that I could show her Central Park, midtown, the lights, the stores. Then a bunch of subhumans started rioting. Crime. Defunding of police.
Fuck, I miss my home.
Oh I grew up in NYC. Lived there for over 20 years.
No way in hell I’d go for a swim in the Hudson.
Been to London, it is indeed a shithole. Only saving grace when I was in Paris was that their McDonalds had chicken wings. Place smelled disgusting.
Only place in NY I enjoyed getting away to was a tiny ranch my folks and I spent our holidays at growing up as well as Lake Placid/Mirror Lake.
I didnt have plans for New York specifically, but I used to live in Chicago and loved it. I dont get the anti-city sentiment that seems to permeate this site sometimes. But maybe its time to gain an appreciation for rural areas. Weve vacationed in cities recently but now Im thinking we should do more stuff like national parks, camping, etc.
The big cities are like the state of CA. Like the state itself, once beautiful with interesting places to go and things to enjoy. Then it was all ruined by radical leftists. We just hate what horrible, entitled people have done to them.
I went to NYC in a college trip for the weekend. Frankly, I couldnt see the attraction.
In the wrong area, NYC can be a living hell. And certain parts of Brooklyn and Manhattan have been colonized by hipsters or foreigners, and kept nearly unlivable by them just to maintain control.
That said, a lot of rich people really enjoy Manhattan for a change of pace. Broadway shows, fancy restaurants, high end retail, Central Park, elegant hotels...there was a lot of great cultural infrastructure built up over the years. And if the rich people disappear, that will also disappear over time.
I've also known some artsy people who really love the museums in NYC, or maybe the opera. I still want to go there for the museums.
New York stores were smart Put up the wood to protect the glass and some hired private security which is a shame since they are already paying taxes to be protected already
NY run by democratic loonies.. now imagine the rest of America if sleepy and blow job lady win.
With the election being rigged by voting fraud it’s definitely scary. I hope you have your life savings, Costa Rica living is expensive! Pedo puedes ver perezosos en Costa Rica ;P lol
I always kept a few thous tucked away in case things got so bad here I had to escape to Mexico. Now there is no place to escape to and I have to use that money to live on bec the govt shut my business down. Sad times. Strange times.
I’ve heard Poland is nice this time of year.
There’s a particular reason why Trump forced these leaders to take that hard position of not calling for help. Politics is about contrast.
every single store owner needs to sue DeBlasio
Why would Trump do this to New York? - the left, probably
Trump isnt doing this to NY. Killer Cuomo and Commie Wilhelm are.
For years I tried to tell my fellow NY'ers to vote against socialism. I moved away years ago. Now they are suffering the results of complacency.
Jason Goidman on YT walks Manhattan really often. He also has some goid discussions about the different buildings, history, etc.
This is an old video but its still bad.
Stores are GONE!!! Been there for 30, 40, 50 years GONE!!!!
Homeless and drug addicts are ruling the streets. Violence is sky rocketing.
A certain element is now in Manhattan and I honestly dont feel safe. Ive noticed a LARGE uptick in young black hood folks shopping at saks, etc. Something seems fishy.
But nothing to see here folks, orange man bad.
Nah the Homeless fled for Las Angles.
After all the New York winters are deadly for the homeless.
You see, these socialist mayors are allowing some of our great economic engines to be destroyed. They are doing it on purpose, huge cities will devolve further into chaos.
Had to go to Manhattan for work like a week ago, never seen the streets so empty, tons of business closed down.
I moved out of NYC last October. Almost a year later all of the people I knew there have moved out. And I know a lot of people.
So, NY is in play?
Deblasio is setting up a scenario for The Warriors sequel. Meanwhile he and his crime buddies are buying up all the properties and playing the long-game. For some unknown reason, people like to live in that city and will come back at some point.
The America of Democrats.
This video is pretty old at this point, but it's true that the media never showed the true extent of the damage. Nor did national media ever talk about the smaller cities that were also vandalized.
Keep your ammo stocks safe, you'll need them after the "election."
"I just ran through a red light. Nobody cares."
Lol
Its been that way in Flint, Mi for years. Traffic signals seem to be merely a suggestion.
Isn’t New York famous for its absurd amount of traffic? Those streets look small town empty
In five years NY is going to look like Los Angeles in Blade Runner. The high rises will house the millions of immigrants who have flooded in. Drones will fly around barking orders to try and control the crime, which has multiplied by 10,000 percent.
OR, Giuliani gets reelected and cleans it up in two years, so that in five years, it's better than ever.
Your choice, New York.
I'm more impressed by the lack of traffic than anything else in this video. I've heard people left new york, but wow.
NY pede. Moving very soon. The city was always a bit gross, but now there’s literal garbage strewn out along the streets nearly everywhere. My luxury high rise has a growing homeless/mentally ill population right outside that treats the world as their toilet. It’s disgusting and any charm the city had is gone.
This is DeBlasio's New York.
I hope those leaving update their census responses. Don't want NY, CA, or any of those other shitholes people are deserting getting more reps than they deserve
Good nyc has always been a shit house full of shit people. Its about time they are honest with themselves . City living isn't living. Surround yourself with people who only care about money and this is what you get.
That retard commie mayor wouldn’t have begged for the wealthy to return if it wasn’t dire.
It is dire, but this video is one I saw a couple of weeks after the looting. It's not quite that bad now, but it's still not good. Watch Jason Goodman walkarounds on YT and you will see how it is now. (Also a guy called Action Kid.) They go out almost daily on foot to different parts of Manhatran.
Thanks, I was wondering when this was actually filmed.
They say Trump pisses off rich people, so then what does the Left do?
Bankrupts the entire fuckin' NYC.
And yet they still think hating Trump is the answer.
What the fuck. :/
What? The MSM refusing to show a full picture??
Imagine my shock
Understand that this is culmination of a leftist temper tantrum that started in 2016.
None of this is necessary in a polite and civil republic.
The left are that kid who calls the cops on his own party because some kids he doesn’t like showed up.
Can confirm. All people I knew in NYC have left.
Msm, if they ever talk about it: “uhh, the boards are up to protect from covid. That’s what really destroyed the city.”
When Covid first got big in spring all the high end stores in large cities put up boards like a war was coming. They knew back then what would happen. It was all a planned pandemic to cover for the economic collapse. Everyone who studied the economy knew it would collapse we just didn't know how they would try to cover it up. Now we know.
Not the H&M! I love H&M....
I think that one is still closed. It was totally looted.
Missed my opportunity to invest in wood boards and nails ☹️
The Empire State no more
Not quite in ruins yet, but it's getting there.
All of those businesses actually lose money, but because of the high amounts of foot traffic from global travelers, they make money in the long run from being able to place a store strictly for advertising purposes.
Wow, there's person!
Vote Biden/Harris 2020!
"Better Build Blacks!" — Joe Biden
when was this filmed?
2 months ago, the week of the mass looting.