At least now police can't hide in another car behind doors

Rent will also decline when supply goes up. Well, if supply goes up. As long as we have so many empty office spaces, luxury spaces, and tax incentives to keep those as the primary focus of builders, the rest of us will be fighting for what limited affordable rentals there are.

The culture here is declining because the creatives that used to congregate here can no longer afford to live here. People leaving isn't good because it's the cool people leaving, and the boring people are taking their place.

I would love the other cities, but they're almost as expensive as NYC with worse state governments. Austin, Portland, Cleveland, Orlando, etc. Any other major city is just as bad as NYC in price LA, Chicago, Boston, etc.

There's no winning right now, sadly. Even moving to the suburbs isn't a great option because housing and groceries and cars are hella expensive. Things need to fundamentally change, and the people in power don't want that.