Quote:I mean how do you know what the general sentiment is there? Even in the article above there doesn't seem to be any sort of numbers of approval for the mayor or the NYPD.

Oklahomie,

 

 

The first rule about statistics and approval ratings in general, is to never trust statistics. If 70% or more of NYC's population hold the Mayor in high regard (which is very unlikely given the situation right now), that's not telling the whole story. As it's only a small segment of the population that's being polled. It's literally impossible to get a whole segment of the population polled. At best, it's just to get an idea of what people are feeling and thinking at the moment. For instance, most polls in the 1980 Presidential election had Jimmy Carter leading Ronald Reagan up until the final days before the election. We all know how that turned out...

 

 

You don't have to be living in NYC, or be a so called: "NYC expert" (as you like to call it) to know how bad things are there with taxes and living costs. A lot of that data and information can be easily accessed just by doing a simple web search. And it's all available to the public. If there are any people from NYC who are living there at the moment, please feel free to correct me if I'm wrong. Just no "Ad Hominem" attacks/arguments please.

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