I've seen more than enough of that myself.
NYC more than tends to be liberal, but goodness, we're FReepers here. That tends to preclude liberal.
Not to mention that the entire state is NOT NYC, as some seem to think. Upstate has some pretty desolate areas and there are a great number of really solid conservatives.
My section of the state has more cows and guns than people. We don't vote liberal and we don't deserve it.
as a former upstater, I agree totally with you...NYS is a lot like California....lots of farmland...lots of forests...lots of lakes...lots of orchards....plenty of people that consider themselves “country” .....but even with that, the NY cityers are not bad either..... but like Seattle in my state of Washington, NY dominates the state and its politics...