I think it is all planned, burn cities, doesn't matter if you use actual fire or outrageous taxes, do not allow rebuilding, force out businesses, buy the land cheap. In a few years rebuild and make serious bank.
LEFTY MAYOR ZOHRAN MAMDANI MANDATES NO LESS THAN FIVE FORMS OF IDENTIFICATION IN ORDER TO SHOVEL SNOW. ZERO TO VOTE. DO YOUR PART CITIZEN. SHOVEL A PATH TO COMMUNISM, HELP YOUR CITY COLLAPSE BEFORE IT IS TO LATE