From Newsgroup: alt.history.what-if
On 15 Feb 2026, Mitchell Holman <
noemail@aol.com> posted some news:
XnsB3F485A71E407629555@185.151.15.160:
pothead <pothead@snakebite.com> wrote in news:10mr7qs$3ks1p$2@pothead.dont-email.me:
Ask anyone who lives in NYC when the crime began?
1626, when white Christians bought
the place from the natives.
DeBlasio's soft on crime policies had hardened criminals in revolving
door justice.
Then the illegal migration to sanctuary city NYC began and things have
spiraled out of control.
And yet for all of that NYC is
far safer than Republican Meccas
like Memphis and St Louis
There hasn't been a Republican Mayor in St Louis since 1944.
There hasn't been a Republican Mayor in Memphis since 1991.
St Louis had a population over 850,000 in 1950. In 2025, the population
is 270,000. Take a guess why.
Memphis maintained 600,000+, but only by annexation, which they've run out
of places to steal and prop up their tax base.
Democrats kill business and opportunity.
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