[HiTech RedNeck]

This just does not look good for the Land of the Liberals.

[GeronL]

99.9% of the regulations and taxes should be abolished. There fixed it.

[yoe]

Step 1. Remove Chuck Schumer....the long in the tooth crooked NY Senator.

[denydenydeny]

It’s clear that New York has a big problem. On a comparative basis, we’re poor, thanks to a stratospheric cost of living—which itself is the result, I believe, of excessive and poorly designed regulation, most notably in the area of land use.

Rent control in NYC obviously doesn't help. It gooses the price of non-controlled housing into the stratosphere.

[Happy Rain]

New York,Chicago and LA,

How Americans would prosper widoutyouse.

Gambino,Capone and yes OJ,

Such great histories aboutyouse.

[Tax-chick]

Obviously (from the fact that many more people want to live in New York than in Mississippi, or a great place like Oklahoma) there’s more to subjective “quality of life” than objective “cost of living.”

Nonetheless, the author’s statistics are very interesting.

[Proud_USA_Republican]

Let’s start with Manhattan and Long Island property taxes. That would be a great place to start analyzing the cost of living scam.

[GOPJ]

The reason liberals have to lie and cheat is because they don't have real support. The "diamond" tactic shows that... Real people - citizens show up for our causes because we're calling for what's right - and citizens know that...

The left has to pay people. And even then they don't have enough money to pay enough people so they use tricks like the "diamond".

We don't have to because the PEOPLE really ARE ON OUR SIDE.

There is NO movement on their side, just a bunch of professionals using lies... to create an illusion.

They have to lie becaues NO ONE is with them - unless they're paid. The PEOPLE are with us.

The way to fight liars is with truth. The diamond tactic is a lie. Liberals who use it are liars. Everything about them is a lie or based on a lie, or a tactic that is a lie... Don't you see that? ( If you don't see it, don't worry - it took me more than a day to see what they were up to...)

Our best - AND ONLY tactic should be to tell the truth ...

[rbg81]

Spend some time in upstate NY, particularly the Utica area. That whole area is quite depressed—perhaps only a notch or two above Detroit.

[petercooper]

bttt

[proxy_user]

This article is somewhat misleading, in that it uses the price of housing if you move in right now.

If you rented or bought your apartment 30 or 40 years ago, things are very different. Large numbers of people did just that, and are paying a low stablized rent or a reasonable maintenance fee. You don’t need to own and insure a fleet of vehicles, either.

[GladesGuru]

The Big Sh*tty exposed!

About time, too.

[bmwcyle]

The stats in blue state vs red state back this up. The blue states are falling fast and dragging the country with it.