There was talk a few months back of a few border NY counties seceding and joining PA. It was a pro-fracking thing.
Petition, some town meetings, some media coverage. That’s all that was expected.
The key to PA has been the masterful jobs that the Dems did redistricting it. Look at the 2008 and 2012 maps. PA was DEM but EVERY county except those near Philly and Pitt were red.
PA is a lost cause, sadly. And I live there. What we do is sorta compartmentalize into our counties and plan on border skirmishes. My county is over 90% republican. It’s also the most expensive county in PA.
But my town owns an electric billboard on the road that displays info about pot lucks and fire department boot drives. It’s been reading “Make America great again” for a week now. We are solid Trump country.
And it has nothing to do with coal. We want tech.
They don’t need to secede and join PA. They need to show NYC to the door and wish it well. An amicable divorce.