Let’s see, the state of NY has deliberately refused to participate in the oilfield fracking boom that would have enriched its farmers/landowners and brought in thousands of high-paying, low-skilled roughneck oilfield jobs...
...and the city of NY has banned butter and giant Coke drinks.
Then you’ve got taxes and unions...and multiple overlapping government regulatory bodies.
Plus, Winters suck there.
Gee, why would workers and businesses leave NY?!
and, don’t forget that a job in upstate NY pays less than that same job many other places.
My business has brought me to many cities around the USA, as well as around the world, but I have never flinched in my final analyses to remain and retire in my present home..
I gave New York three chances to convince me to relocate there, however, aside from the arts and entertainment, the headquarter Financial center, and incredible food, everything else really sucks.. EVERYTHING ELSE!
Same goes or the West Coast, save the weather.. IT SUCKS BIG TIME..
Texas has spoiled me, THANK GOD FOR TEXAS..
73% of the electorate in nyc elected a flaming self professed communist dictator... arch demon cuomo sits as goobernator... I hope ny collapses.
Let us not forget the gun manufacturers. With the signs of a detroit like senario in it’s future and a big dope who will welcome more illegals, more handouts, more progressive utopianism AKA ACORN and the family workers party being in complete control thanks to his proud lesbian life mate mccray we can see it doesnt look good
“Plus, Winters suck there.”
That is a much bigger factor than many people realize; I’d seen a projection of population shifts within the US over the next few decades, and all of the growth in cities was happening in areas where they don’t normally reach freezing temperatures in winter. I don’t believe it was just related to heating costs; it also involved the business disruptions caused by winter weather to infrastructure (roads, mass transit systems, etc.).
These concepts would certainly explain the shift from NY to FL (at least the parts that aren’t prone to hurricanes).
took a trip to Niagra Falls last winter.
spoke to a resident of Buffalo who said the area use to be a dynamic job creating wonderland until unions came in making such high demands and local and state gub mints made taxes and the cost of doing bid ness so expensive in the area all the large companies left for more favorable bidness conditions elsewhere.
You left out organized crime & the gangs.