[Think free or die]

"As a native of Buffalo, I keep thinking that all the Empire State’s conservatives are concentrated in the west, but I forget Long Island and Staten Island. Different worlds ... but hooray for New York conservatives, they have a tough row to hoe."

Plenty of them up here in the north country too. We have property in Clinton County - we love the conservative vibe.

[Nothingburger]

Thanks for responding to my post.

People forget how rural New York is once you get out of NYC. Having lived many years in Virginia and North Carolina, I think the accents may be different, but folks in rural New York are much like Southerners in that they still value faith, family, and public civility.

I guess the lesson here is that the divide in this country is rural vs. urban. Perhaps some day the cities will get a harsh lesson in what it means to go without the bounty of our farmlands.