The Bonfire of the Progressive Vanities - WSJ

Liberals say they want ‘livable’ cities, but their policies produce high taxes, crime and chaos. - Allysia Finley 

• New York is the backdrop for famous holiday films such as “Miracle on 34th Street,” “Home Alone 2” and “Elf.” This year came a less felicitous kind when a video appeared of a woman burning to death on the subway while the man who lit her on fire fanned the flames. It was a nightmare before Christmas...
• Crime on public transit isn’t isolated to the Big Apple. It seems to be an epidemic in big Democrat-controlled cities like Chicago, San Francisco and Los Angeles. 

Their residents are doing what their elected leaders won’t do: protecting themselves, mainly by using other modes of transportation like Uber.

Thanks to declining ridership—owing also to remote work and population flight—mass transit systems across America are bleeding red ink. New York’s subway ridership was a third lower last year than in 2019...

 But their high taxes, crime and chaos have become unbearable...