I think this is a fascinating question for the other major metros.

I've heard people argue that NYC will crack down eventually, because that's where all the big finance companies are. That seems reasonable enough, but what about San Francisco or Seattle?

It's hard to imaging people in cities like that going along with any serious anti-crime measures. On the other hand, it's very easy to imagine that people will continue moving away from these cities as conditions get worse and worse.

I know there will be an inflection point somewhere, but I don't think we're close to it yet.

I moved to Austin just about when Garza was elected. As far as the homelessness goes it's worse in many ways. It may not be Garza's fault though. One of the other correlated changes was routine breakup of large homeless camps. This seems to have caused many homeless to aimlessly wander around far beyond where they might've wandered before. It makes everywhere feel less safe rather than a few places.

Our last office also had a corner with a drug gang running it with police passing by several times a day and never acting on it. Someone was killed outside my office window, but the corner might've been that way before Garza came into office.

Defunding police officers and implementing zero bail helps criminals.

Who could have guessed?