Most cities are liberal. Even when i lived in the south.

I think only one of the largest 10 cities has a conservative mayor and ironically it's in California. Something like 12 of the top 50 cities in population have conservative mayors and like 3 of those are in the top 20 rat cities. Saying "liberal cities" is like saying "conservative redneck." One could have guessed that. And typically the rat issue is related to the amount of consumerism and population and waste, not so much how well the city is doing. Else NYC wouldn't make the list at all.