there are plenty of areas that are isolated....
fact is, New York has many black bears,some moose, and many, many deer, as well as a growing turkey population.....
to have that much animal life, there has got to be habitat .....
I am a native upstater and it makes me mad that people don't know the "real" New York...the one with the many apple orchards, and dairy farms, and maple syrup farms, and the wineries......the one with the Adirondecks and the Catskills and the Allegheny's
Its too bad that the likes of Hitlery and New York city has ruined the reputation of the entire state........
I was from NY and would vacation in parts like the ones you mentioned.
I got the impression Cyborg lived in the suburbs though, so if she lives out in farmland, that would be nice, but as you say, a whole other life.
Some day let me tell you about how the whole block where I lived was burglarized in NY and how at 5, I woke up with a knife at my throat.
Lovely NY story in itself.
Then there is the humidity of the summer and dirty slush and cold of the winter.
The biggest difference between NY and CA that I remember was that it was far less prejudice out here than back east.
I was a kid when I moved and I would put racism in the east and ten fold over the west coast.
NY has it's charm, and lots of problems as well.
I don't miss it, but I respect the people who are from there regarding their work ethics. They are more aggressive than west coast people and that is in the plus column for them.
PS, do people ever talk OVER each other back east as well. LOL That one could be fun to witness though.