Just stay away from Ithaca.
Posted on 09/09/2018 6:59:03 PM PDT by Vinylly
Here is where we spent our vacation and the impressions for the first time in upstate New York. We got off the airplane at the Buffalo airport where we rented a car. From our first impressions of the countryside in route Chautauqua was wonderful. We marveled at the vineyards and cornfields, everything was so green and fresh with clean fresh air, and blue skies. We passed through small villages with Victorian houses and old steepled churches like you would see in picture postcards. What struck me most about these villages were every house seemed to fly the American flag from their front porch, even American flags flying from utility poles So, my question is, how do the country folk in upstate New York feel about politics? I would like any of you on this website who lives there reply. When we talk about New York we think New York City. The countryside seems to be so much different, it's unbelievable.
You might be able to answer the question
I grew up in upstate NY in three towns in the late 50s and early 60s. Some of my first memories are Dad and his buddies complaining about high taxes and how all their tax dollars flowed to NYC and we got nothing for those sky-high tax bills. One of our neighbors in Ithaca lived on Texas Lane. He swapped two letters on the address on his mailbox so it read “Taxes Lane.” I was about 13 when I became aware of it and even then thought it was hilarious.
Even way back then, upstate NY was nothing at all like the fly-speck (area wise) that is NYC.
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I live in Connecticut and it's the same way. The vast majority of the state is rural and covered in thick forests and rolling hills with endless streams, creeks and brooks feeding into large rivers and lakes and finally the Atlantic Ocean (mostly Long Island Sound).
Here are some interesting facts: Connecticut is the 3rd smallest state in the USA and the 4th most densely populated state. Yet it is mostly rural. I live in Fairfield county, which is the most populous county in the 4th most densely populated state in the USA. Yet I am surrounded by woods and it is nearly 10 miles to the nearest supermarket and at least five miles to the nearest store.
My point is, when people hear about New York, they immediately think about New York City even though it is but a speck in a giant mostly rural state.
Outside of the cities... it’s TRUMP COUNTRY up here.
I love upstate NY. But when you come back don’t try take the Tappanzee.
NY is one of the most beautiful states and Chataqua fantastic...had our picnic lunch there as were traveling thru.
the problem with NYS is the same as where I live now..Wash. state..we are overwhelmed by a leftist enclave.
I visited Geneseo, NY a couple years ago and had the same experience.
Driving there through the rolling, green hills was like visiting 'Gods' country'.
Beautiful and picturesque.
We drove from NM to Maine this summer and loved seeing the bunting and flags and tributes to our veterans around the 4th of July. Especially in rural PA. where we spent a lot of time off the main highways.
I live in the area. A long time ago, NY City and NY State represented the same things and had equal standing. From the 1960s onwards, the two areas went in exactly opposite directions. NY State should be divided. Everything from Albany Southward could be one state, and the remainder another state.
Also, one key point, Upstate NY, due mainly to its slower economy, did not change its demographics. Those people who are in the towns you saw have been there for many, many generations. They are homogenous, and they have deep roots.
For you and the all Darklings to consider responding.
All over the world, liberals clump together in the cities, while rural areas are dominated by Conservatives.
For instance, the nice people in France are in the countryside.
Having said this, Chautauqua (the town) is definitely a liberal hangout. The area is nice and well kept, but many of the vacationers there are either government-connected or university types.
Just stay away from Ithaca.
I thought they put up a new bridge there?
Because they're knocking it down?
:)
Upstate NY is a huge area - everything north of Westchester County, extending to the Canadian border and west to Buffalo. It’s mostly conservative. Most of the county/local municipal governments, and many state legislature and US Congressional districts, are held by Republicans. But don’t make the mistake of assuming the population is uniform. There are lots of leftists here as well.
Statewide offices are all held by Democrats, simply because most of the population is in the NYC metropolitan area and this is very left-wing Democrat. The presidential races always go Democrat.
NYC left-wing transplants, commonly referred to as ‘citiots’ are moving north, mostly into the Hudson Valley region. They love the well maintained rural communities, low crime and relatively low cost of living/taxes. And they’re trying to take over local governments, creating sanctuary cities, anti-business policies, anti-2nd amendment laws, etc.
The once thriving factories are all closed down. Our idiot governor bans fracking in the ‘southern tier’, that area north of the PA border, part of the Marcellus shale region, where natural gas is abundant.
Interesting that Staten Island is Republican.
Did you get to the Adirondacks?
Absolutely beautiful.
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