Posted on 04/02/2013 12:14:31 PM PDT by neverdem
Since West Virginia was split off from Virginia, maybe it's time for Western New York to split off from NY State. There is a huge cultural gap in addition to the economic separation.
Some people talk of it, but it is highly unlikely. Doing so would certainly make Upstate NY a "normal" place, with a better economy.
Like Rome, the center of the “Empire State” is the center of the Empire, and in NY that’s Manhattan; and Manhattan and it’s region have the majority of the state’s reps and they could care less about economic development upstate NY. When they are running for state-wide or a U.S. senatorial office, they give lip service to upstate economic development, as Billary did, but that lasts only as long as the election campaign, and no longer.
Thanks for the ping!
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