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NY Daily News ^ | March 31, 2013 | Masthead Editorial

[magooey]

New York is becoming two radically different states

You have New York City and environs ... Then you have Upstate NY, which is turning into Appalachia.

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.

[PGR88]

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.

[Wuli]

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.

[Alamo-Girl]

Thanks for the ping!