>> There are plenty of decent people here
You’re are absolutely right, Miss Marmelstein.
But it’s also an indisputable fact, based on those you elect to govern you, and the laws you pass for your state, that the decent people in New York are in the minority.
On the whole, New York values are NOT conservative values. They are not values conducive to life and liberty.
And New York values should NOT become the value system of this precious country. On the contrary, it would be an improvement if things in New York changed for the more conservative better.
I know it hurts your feelings when this discussion happens and I’m truly sorry for you and the other decent New Yorkers — but what is, is.
Remove NYC from the picture, and NY would be a deep red political color.
Except “I” didn’t vote for any of this. I never did. To be entirely accurate, my husband and I have maintained an apartment in NYC since about 2010 - when we finally bought a home in another state and were no longer legal residents of NYC. We are in NYC during the week and live there on weekends.
The problem with all this hatred expressed towards NYers, it doesn’t take into account all the hard-working, striving people who live here. You would think from the comments that it was some dystopian horror-show instead of a vibrant, exciting city that possesses the same problems that plague all of America. It’s values of hard work, discipline and cultural achievement SHOULD be American values. I think a lot of people here think it’s a gay pride parade each and every day! Nothing could be further from the truth.
I appreciate your remarks. It means a lot to me.