Best- & Worst-Run Cities in America (2025)

Look to the leadership and if it’s rd or blue and a lot of this makes sense. Although I loathe San Francisco, I’m glad it is there so the people that live in that shithole stay there and don’t come to my state.

The past year has been a true test of the effectiveness of local leadership. City leaders have had to deal with economic difficulties like high inflation, as well as other issues such as mass shootings with over 500 reported in 2024, keeping gun crime in the political spotlight.

136Chicago, IL102140
137Flint, MI14595
138Stockton, CA137121
139Los Angeles, CA58143
140Long Beach, CA51144
141Fresno, CA117139
142Tacoma, WA125136
143Baltimore, MD136132
144Philadelphia, PA128138
145New York, NY23147
146Oakland, CA99146
147Detroit, MI148126
148San Francisco, CA57148

more, including the best run cities

China And The Next Pearl Harbor

By the time police responded to a call shortly before 10 a.m. regarding a Chinese man and woman conducting surveillance near a security entrance of the historic Joint Base Pearl Harbor Hickam, the two fled in what police identified as a 2021 silver Nissan Altima, with unidentified plates.

The two suspects had been “capturing digital media of the entry control point,” police said. Later that afternoon the pair–a man with a black crew cut and the woman with shoulder-length hair, a pink top, and a white skirt–appeared at another entry point. Police issued a “BOLO,” or “be-on-the-lookout,” notice for the two at all base entrances. 

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In reality, they just need to shut down the power grid or kill the internet. They’ll be looting within hours in Chicago, NYC, LA, SF and Portland.