I live in the outer burbs and like you say we do ok. I know the upstate counties. And these people need to split from NYC and form a new state. West NY or some such. The same crap is happening in Californication. The San fag crisco’s and hollyweird La La landers are lighting their organic flambeys with 100 dollar bills. And voting themselves HIGHER TAXES to boot. They deny the farmers in the Central Valley water so the working farmer has to leave.
We as a nation are ripe for a CW.
Leave it is your only hope.. I left in 1981...and nothing has changed..in fact it is worse