Up state New Yorkers and Wall St. types have little in common.
That is the sad part. New York state is blessed with much resources yet liberal NYC dictates the terms.
Indeed. Upstate is chained to policies made by, and for, NY City, and its turning upstate into Appalachia. We are moving in opposite directions. I've always felt the State should be divided. Make NY City a "special district" like Washington DC. Or make a brand new state from Albany South. Upstate NY would then become a normal state, like PA or OH.
Actually, you do. The watersheds which feed water to NYC aren't in the city. That's the big fulcrum the antifracking types have been wedging their lever against. Anywhere west of the divide should be opened up, however, and that might be the solution to getting some of the local enviros to back off.