Is there a better picture illustrating NYC's struggles? |
Not to kick someone when they are down, but NYC is in bad shape with crime is a symptom of failed, short-sighted, agenda-driven, and ignorant policies.
The exodus, the move to remote work, and the hollow, transparent arguments from the mayor to return to the cubicle combined with a deep seeded sense of victimhood, conscious bias, and entitlement, swirl together in a rank, putrid, oozing sense of doom.
Why would ANYONE want to put themselves through this gauntlet, just to 'collaborate in person'?
New York City was on my list of Greg's Top Ten cities in the US - New York, San Fransisco, Seattle, Chicago, Portland, Las Vegas, Laguna Beach, San Diego, South Beach(Miami), and Scottsdale.
Honorable mention: Milwaukee, and Detroit which are dangerous, but manageable.
The sun goes downThe night rolls inYou can feel itStarting all over againThe moon comes upAnd the music calls...
Here's the rub - As you(we) sell and support Office Technology within the city limits, the number of prospects in those cities has tumbled with no possible increase for the foreseeable future.
How are you going to continue to grow and build your book of office technology business when employees don't want to come to an office? Crime, or the PERCEPTION of possible harm, not only hurts the image of once great(the return to greatness will happen) cities but degrades the opportunity for you to sell more copiers, IT services, managed print, scanners, document management software, etc.
It's just one more 'thing'. There are great people in Chicago, New York, San Fransisco, and all the other cities on the path Detroit has been traveling since the 70s - they will come back, better, stronger and different.
In the meantime, those who stay may be Champions. You love The City, your city, "It's in your moves
It's in your blood".
Hang in there, everything changes.
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