[cloudmountain]

1. The business taxes must be horrific.
2. The personal income tax must also be horrific.

There are always some VERY common-sense reasons why businesses go where they go. It's not rocket science.

[SeekAndFind]

How do you expect to do business when regulators operate like Fascists in broad daylight?

SEE HERE FOR INSTANCE:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2881390/posts

NYC bagel store fined for accidentally dropping sesame seeds on floor

THAT is just one example out of HUNDREDS.

[Alberta's Child]

It's more than just taxes.

I've dealt with a number of businesses in light to heavy industries that fled New York State because they say it has the highest workers' compensation insurance rates in the nation -- by a huge margin.

The saga of the GE plant in Hudson Falls and the massive clean-up costs they've been forced to pay is another case in point about why New York is such a miserable place to do business.