Youth bolting state (Massachusetts)

Eagle Boston Bureau ^ | Sunday, January 14, 2007 | Hillary Chabot

[xarmydog]

I have two nieces who just graduated from college.One with a Masters at 23 years old and one with a bachelors at 20 years old.The oldest is heading for North Carolina,and the youngest is heading for Alaska.They are leaving before their car is!!They already have jobs that pay twice what NY had to offer,and their taxes are half of what they would pay there.Bless them.They are not into politics as such,but they know to get while the gettin's good!My first thought about visiting NY was I had to leave my guns home for starters.NAH!Then the thought of being stopped with out of state plates for their revenue growth did not appeal to me.I could go on,but I think you get the drift.I do not plan on leaving Texas except in a urn.

[Paved Paradise]

Hate to say it but the South isn't really the South anymore, not as I'm hearing it from all my kinfolk down there. North Carolina, Georgia and Virginia are going the way of California as far as natives these days. Soon, they'll have license plates for that state too that says "native North Carolinian" and so on.

[eleni121]

Your nieces did what all smart ambitious kids are doing in NY: Exit at the nearest border.

[Lancey Howard]

....young adults between the ages of 25 and 34 are disappearing the fastest

That is very encouraging. I hope they are leaving because:
1. They have noticed how much of their paycheck disappears down the government toilet, and
2. They are having children and they do not want to expose them to a government school system that has been hijacked by the sodomy lobby. I suppose when the kids sit around the dinner table and start talking about the "fisting" lecture they got in health class, parents get a tad upsettled. Even Massachusetts parents.

Of course, we can only hope that these young adults are not taking their parents' Democrat voting habits with them to foul other states....

[xarmydog]

I made my decision in the middle of a snow storm shoveling cow manure out of a broken spreader.Working seven days a week rising at four in the morning and working till late at night,I could not get the news out of my mind.The farmer I worked for last, had the news on whenever we ate.I got sick and tired of hearing about the death toll and such,I figured,what the hell,it can't be any worse than what I am doing now.I enlisted in the Infantry at 17,and my mother did not find out till I had passed boot camp.She tried her best to get me out,but I had a Top SGT.who made it go away.I would have done anything to get out of there.[I did!]The blue states are such a waste of beautiful country.Truly a shame.Only thing left is old money and a government job.

[bmwcyle]

They run from PA also. Liberal states have little work.

[eleni121]

Well God bless your spirit! Sounds like you made your move during the Blizzard of 77. Or was that 78 or 86? You know what I mean. Oh Ok you left in 72.

I have seen the changes over the last 20-30 years. Where once the average person was somewhat prosperous and thriving now people look like they did in Appalachia in the 1930s. They really do. Very depressing.

[abigailsmybaby]

They want to spread it to people around the country who aren't as enlightened as they are.

[LynnHam]

Interestingly, I might be luring a good friend down from the frigid north. He's intrigued with Florida's growth and industry, low taxes and relative freedom.

I dreamed all my life of living in Florida bought land there in 1980 . but they passed a law about no smoking anywhere except at home . so I sold my dream land and made a great amount . buying a home in sc now till they get rid of smoking too...

[xarmydog]

You win the prize of the day.A better description could never be made.The last time there,a junk something or other was in a lot of yards.Try and buy it,and you realize the owner has some type of love affair with it!I think it makes them feel like they own something.It saddened me deeply to see how bad things had gotten.The streams I used to fish in were just puddles of water everywhere.When the NY EPA took over,it was over.If a stream ran through your property,you had to have a permit,[which must be approved!]and other leap holes to hurdle,just to keep the stream clear.Multiply that by numerous other farmers down the line and fuggedaboutit it.What I knew,saw,and played in became nothing more than....well,I can't think of a word.The old farmers used to trim the apple trees on a regular cycle.After the big boys put them under,all that stopped.Growing up,we had numerous trees to eat apples from.All that is gone too.The land I am talking about is upstate NY.We used to refer to them as "The Boonies".I wouldn't know what to call them now.To bad some of the educated ones stayed.

[HoustonCurmudgeon]

I do not plan on leaving Texas except in a urn.

and frankly, we're glad to have you ....

[OldPossum]

Re your post 62, I used to live in Virginia but no longer do (I'm not young either), but you're right, northern Virginia has turned into a Yankee outpost with politics to match (unfortunately).

I imagine if it were put to a vote the Virginians living south of that group of "fine folk" in Arlington, Prince William, and Fairfax Counties, plus Alexandria, would vote overwhelmingly to have them become the State of Northern Virginia. They are not pleased with the delegates with leftist viewpoints they send down to Richmond.

[eleni121]

Ahhh those apple trees. They are everywhere in the southern tier...just growing blooming but no one to take care of them.

You see either very poor...lots, or a few wealthier...who have govt (taxpayer funded) jobs mostly ---state cops, teachers, and the like. Small business? Gone just disappeared.

[Hattie]

I hope they don't come to Texas and vote Democrat to raise our taxes.

[xarmydog]

What is sad all around is them having to leave their family and friends behind.Love can be painful when you leave.But,as many veterans know, and have had the chance to see the world,they will further their education through experience and interaction,hopefully with like minded people,which can only benefit themselves.If NY would get their heads out of certain parts of their posterior,they could return to the days when things were prosperous.My 1 cent.

[eleni121]

NY state is ruled by extreme left winers who enjoy bashing those who are trying to reform.

It truly is hopeless mainly because most of the reform minded people have left. It is a state of disgrace with unions, lobbies, and their liberal buddies pushing an socialist agenda. Seniors voting to maintain what little they have and unionists blue collar voting to keep the few jobs they have and white collar government workers the biggest bloc of all.

We will exit soon...the sooner the better.

[Liberty Valance]

Golly

[RepoGirl]

I apologize for the draconian smoking laws.

South Carolina is a pretty place, though. Did you choose coastal or mountain?

[Oldexpat]

The same thing is happening in MA as CA..tax payers are leaving and parasites are arriving..legal and illegal.
Eventually, then only way they will be able to afford to exist is to get more federal money. (that means us).