Some democrats are still trying to win the election rather than win the war as our President calls this.  

@Robert Nelson...I don't have really any experience but I would think that it's high crime right now and wouldn't touch it until Democrat Mayors start investigating in their cities instead of stealing the Governments money.

That didn't take long,  given that the WA legislature only flipped (just barely) to full democratic control with the election this past november.Oregon has been having a similar fight,  only they already have a fully democratic state government,  and I believe they were unable to repeal their statewide ban,  though like WA portland and various activitst groups are trying to impose everything it can short of actual rent control.   

All the cities mentioned have democratic majorities in mayor and city council.

He’s the original Maverick; being betrayed by both the Democrats and the Whigs for his tendency to not fall in line with the party platform.

Since I am a Democrat from Texas, I found many of the comments here particularly uninformed.It was a Texas case that went to the Supreme Court that laid the ground work for this type of law. 

People are wanting to get away from cities (especially crime and drug infested democrat run cities) where they can raise a family.

The investment environment, especially for alternatives, is FAR more democratized and accessible than it was 20+ years ago.  

My point was only that the majority of people (it seems here and all over the news) prefer to think that this is the death of NYC and good riddance because we are all morons who vote for democrats.

We are in the early innings of real estate investing becoming completely democratized.