But it just keeps going the wrong direction. And I've finally kind of given up on moving there. But when you look at it, it's like there's so much wrong with it.
But it can be turned around. And it can be done quickly. I mean, you look at like how quickly just the few things that Trump has done in order to bring a lot of order back to Washington, D.C., how much better it's gotten.
But my litmus test is, and I really did not grow up. I'm looking at Chicago, okay? Back in the late 90s, mid 90s, early 2000s. I spent a lot of time there through family business.
We were in the restaurant business. And we had a restaurant that was like right down by the Miracle Mile. And I remember we used to spend a lot of time there.
And the farmers that had grown up in Chicago said, yeah, you know, 10 years ago you couldn't even, you know, walk down the street. So essentially Chicago had a renaissance. At one point it was like it is now, a hellhole, a war zone.
But I believe it was Mayor Daley. I don't know if he was a Democrat or Republican. I think Democrat actually.
But he came in and completely turned Chicago around to the point when I was visiting there, we were walking down the street full in furs with our diamonds. And, you know, it was a nice, nice city. It was clean.
They had, you know, cops on bikes. It was like a clean, wonderful city like you would want it to be. And safe, you know, people spending money shopping, going to dinner, going to museums.
Out on the lakefront, just amazing. And now that I look at it and I'm like how did it go downhill so quick? So I guess my point is it can be reformed and have like a whole renaissance. And it can happen quickly if you have the right people in power.
