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New York is socially egalitarian, and fiscally libertarian. I think this is broadly true of people who live here, regardless of political affiliation. For 20 of the past 25 years, the mayor's office has been occupied by either a Republican, or Republican turned independent. But a New York mayor of any political party is careful not to seem xenophobic, and also careful not to appear fiscally irresponsible.

I can't really speak on this relative to L.A. or Chicago. But New York isn't as one-sided liberal as Fox News would have you believe.