“It’s easy — move OUT of New York state, to a state in which the population is more congruent to the beliefs you embrace.”
We have a saying down here. You’ve probably heard it. Florida is paying the price for its accuracy tho.
“What’s the difference between a Yankee and a Damn Yankee?”
A Damn Yankee stays.
I’m always suspicious of anyone moving here to my little redneck corner of Central Alabama from one of the blue states. Damn Yankees move down here to get away from the hell hole they created and before you know it they’ve created the same thing wherever they move to. Just like locusts. Florida’s not gone yet but its headed that way.
Maybe if there was a good way to identify the “good ones”?
Heck, ya’ll all look alike
I hear what you’re saying, and I understand it. Hell, I don’t want to move to a state that’s full of New Yorkers either. But what most people don’t realize is that there are a lot of New Yorkers who are very conservative, and we’ve been banging our heads against the wall for years. We stay for a variety of reasons - my main reason is that my parents are elderly (I hate writing that) & I don’t know how much longer they’re going to be around. They still live in Central NY (which my conservative father loves), and I want to remain nearby. Right now, they’re a fairly short drive away. But last night’s action really was the last straw for me - planes fly into Central NY too.
A lot of conservative New Yorkers DO try to make a difference. We call & write our “representatives”, we volunteer for conservative campaigns, we attend town hall meetings, we protest (my husband & I drove to DC for the March for Justice in the late ‘90s & the Tax Day Tea Party protest a couple of years ago, we’ve protested locally, and we’re heading to Albany this Saturday for the Guns Across America rally. Which, incidentally, can no longer help NY - but we’re trying to make our voice heard on a national level, for the remaining states that still have a chance.)
I know we all look alike, but please don’t automatically lump us in with the idiots who have destroyed this state. There are more of us than you realize, but we’re dwarfed by the huge population in NYC.