I think New York State is also the next bellwether. Although maybe not as beautiful as California, we have some breathtaking areas in the Catskills, the Adirondacks, the Hudson Highlands, etc.
I would hate to leave as we live in the scenic upper Hudson River valley, but if things get bad enough I would choose a conservative area in SC or maybe VA to move to. My daughter is in Lexington VA a 2L at Washington and Lee and it is very beautiful there as well - perhaps Central VA is conservative - does anyone know?
away from DC and the cities Va. is conservative with conservatives becoming more important in government.
You’re right; NY state is a bellwether at least for the northeast. They’ve failed to stem the flow of jobs and Americans out of the area (NJ has the same problem), and their only hope from the politicians’ point of view is to let in any immigrant that can swim there.
The decline in services is visible in the same manner as the writer describes in California; here in NJ we can’t fix our roads because of the retirment costs of the men who fixed them before who retired 20 years ago.
Most of VA is pretty conservative except Northern VA where tons of illegals and govt bloodsuckers, er, workers live.
Hopefully the state will continue to vote in conservatives, not making the HUGE mistake in ‘08 of voting in O’bummer...
Have friends who are NE liberals. They spend six months a year, on average, living in Culpeper, VA the rest of the time in northern New England. The Culpeper area is conservative for the most part ... at least that's their impression. They kid me about visiting them in Culpeper said I would fit right in ...