after being raised in CNY I moved away from syracuse in 1989 and never looked back.
I did have to laugh at the writer’s reference to the “great weather.” Lol!
I left Rochester in ‘90. That weather comment made me laugh too! Beach living with a constant breeze and almost no need for air conditioning is perfect for me!
I suppose there is some truth to the “rich topsoil” but I too laughed at the “great weather”. I have never lived in the state but when the Navy sent me to Keflavik, Iceland they told us it really is not all that cold, the average temperature is six degrees HIGHER than New York City. I gather that most of the state is colder than NYC so I don’t think great weather is something to brag about in the state of liberal disfunction.