MKE has been called 'Killwaukee' for quite a while. The people are sick of the crap, but again, the criminals don't care who's being affected. Also, I think someone needs to get in the ear and face of the city leaders because they're doing almost nothing to combat this, other than form study groups, throw money around and talk about it as if they have a handle on the situation.
IMO, the condition of a city directly affects the minds, attitudes and mental state of the people living there and MKE's general condition has declined steadily over many decades. The city like to throw window dressing at it in places where tourists are likely to go, but the rest of the city is crumbling. This leads to people not cleaning their yards, throwing everything from small items to large fast food bags filled with trash out of car windows and the amount of trash on and along the roads & freeways, in parks, in yards, in front of businesses is disgusting- nobody lifts a finger unless they're forced to and this only applies to the freeways because they use inmates from the county jail for that.
Recently, the Mayor of MKE has been saying that people need to make better decisions and that's a 180 from his typical position but the likely reason is that he's willing to say this because he's not planning to run again since he may be getting a new position as US ambassador to Luxembourg, so he's not afraid to say things that might make people think or become angry. People don't always like to hear the truth but it's about time someone tells them to get their asses in line and fix their own problems in a more constructive way.
