It's 8 million people. Cities are incredibly complex organisms. Take centuries to build. My ancestors helped build New York, by the way, but can be destroyed very, very quickly. Look at Johannesburg. 30 years, and it's a husk. It's a joke. And it was a beautiful city. Look at Gary Indiana, Detroit. Look at almost all of our cities, Baltimore. And that could happen to New York City very soon. In fact, it will. (02:05–02:11)
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