Old habits are hard to break..........................
I and all of my siblings moved out of WNY in the 1980s.
Most people in NYS north of Westchester County do not feel represented by the Albany state government. They would prefer if all of NYC and LI was a separate state.
This attitude is no different than how people in eastern WA state feel about the Seattle/Tacoma area. Most people in OR feel the same way about the Portland.
Even in Maine the majority of the people inland do not want to be associated with the liberals in Portland. Fortunately, they have divided their electoral votes accordingly. More states should do the same.
Deep State benefits when we assume the worst of our fellow countrymen and women.
That’s a bad habit we need to break ASAP.
As Franklin said/wrote...
“We must all hang together, or, most assuredly, we shall all hang separately.”