When you spend decades turning your city budget into little more than police/prisons/surveillance, car infrastructure, and “tax relief” for the rich, your basic city services eventually collapse. American cities no longer have reliable drinking water supplies, and it’s a cooperative project between Republicans who have set most of the national policy since 1980 and supposedly liberal or progressive Democratic city leaders. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/jun/02/atlanta-water-main-breaks