Frm TM;
" Pretty sure the tax cash flow is to the North whether to support rusting NY cities I don't know, probably to subsidize rural New Yorkers who are un or under employed,,,,corporate power sells their power at the highest rate which in the USA is about highest ard NYCity and Long Island.....blame them. Let's face traveling around rural upstate NY can be pretty depressing"
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The state legislature covers all the rules and regulations..and make news ones everyday. The legislation is overwhelmingly dominated by NY City and passes legislation which either favors or only suits NY City..because they have so very little knowledge of the rest of the state or it's people.
Tax flows this way..hardly. Much of our town and county taxes are spent on NY State "unfunded mandates". Unfunded mandates are just a PC way of saying "we're ordering you to do this, but the state is not paying for it..but YOU ARE"..
Sure, some rural counties are under employed and that is because we suffer such neglect from Albany an the heavy hand of Gotham officials. If it were not for unfunded mandates, our town and county taxes could be cut by at least 50%..or the tax could remain and go toward building a great economy.
Left to itself "West New York" or "Free New York" would almost surely become a 'right to work' state, and industry would flood back in. Industrialists would rtealize that WNY has abundant water and electric and a skilled work force which is ready to go. They would also realize that transportation by water from Europe is at our doorstep also. Ridiculous EPA rulings would be resisted and interference as to how they do business would be greatly relieved. We still have an unsavory attitude in rural New York toward those who would be multi-generational parasitics.
Rusty cities? Yes, those exist..( see O.P.) primarily because the cities are tied to Democrat ideals concerning meddling in business operations and taxing entrepreneurs to the point of driving them away.
Again, ask any body who spends any time outside the confines of the NY City area.. we are two VERY DIFFERENT peoples..we belong in different states..
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BTW: Travelling in rural upstate is not near as depressing as travelling in any large city..say nothing of NY City.
A) How can Central Park even begin to compare with the Adirondacks?
B) How can the tenements compare with the beautiful Finger Lakes.. especially in the blaze of Autumn?
C) Can a visit to the local deli compare to skiing at the many resorts?
D) Visiting or working at Maple sugaring in winter, beats slogging through dirty slush and a cascade of litter..
E) Does Battery Park really compare to Letchworth or even Watkins Glen? Google both and see..
F) Rural NY is great hunting and fishing, it could be a destination for nationwide hunters.. were we not hampered by Albany's stupid regulations.
G) I'll take the beauty of my Allegany mountains ahead of the NY City mountains of concrete filled with unfriendly people , any day.
H) Here, there is much less chance that a bear or coyotes will come out of the woods and attack me , than the chances that some two-legged beast will come out from an alley to attack me in NY City.
I) Probably 130 miles of great Lakes shoreline, lots of fresh water beaches and fishing, say nothing about the many fresh water lakes and rivers with same features.
Without the ball & chain, I am convinced that Free New York would not only survive..but thrive..
