Send most of the homeless to those dark, empty castles.
Of course, then the Mayor would need to budget an on call clean up crew, armed security force and indoor health clinic or should I say, de-tox clinic.
Three things I get out of this trend: (1) A lot of the talk is over commercial real estate (office buildings). I would imagine in 2024...several more hotels will shutdown, with tourism lessening every quarter (even international tourism will lessen). (2) Going into early 2025, after they let go of 10-percent of city staff in 2024...there’s probably a rough 20-percent additional cut to come. (3) Finally, you would have mandate people go to a enclosed/fenced facility and ration out real drugs (freely) to get them off the streets of the city (Democratic logic) to bring real change or fix this mess.
And some stores to loot.
My city has decided to convert our very empty downtown highrise commercial buildings to condos and apartments for a downtown so crime-ridden no one wants to risk.
They haven't thought of the enormous cost of attempting conversion. Just tax some more!