Viability of New York State worries many

ROCHESTER DEMOCRAT AND CHRONICLE ^ | (January 8, 2004) — | By Rick Armon and Enid Arbelo

[Chris Tucker]

Why are so many people moving to Tennessee?

Warm weather year-round, centralized location, great paying and lots of manufacturing jobs, cheap housing, great hunting and fishing, solid highways, and most people are conservative and down-to-earth.

Beautiful state.

[BlkConserv]

Why are so many people moving to Tennessee?

Lots of people are moving to Tennessee.

Just don't go to Memphis. But do visit Nashville. Despite what you think about it being a country haven, Nashville is actually very culturally diverse. I tend to think of it as a conservative San Francisco.

[Alberta's Child]

One problem up there in upstate NY, though -- it's awfully cold in the winter (-9 tonight, eh? LOL)!

[Victoria Delsoul]

it's awfully cold in the winter

Duh! LOL!!!

Good to see ya, AC.

[Alberta's Child]

Good to see you, too. Keeping warm up there tonight?

[Senator Pardek]

It's so damned cold here tonight! I've got the oven on for heat.

[Victoria Delsoul]

Oven? Are you related to the Flintstones? (just kidding, LOL)

[Senator Pardek]

This just ain't right. It's not Wisconsin.

[NYC GOP Chick]

Even Nurse Bloomberg is doing some sort of tax reduction/rebate on the 18.5% property tax he rammed through when he first got into office.

[Victoria Delsoul]

LOL! well, I don't want you to get sick, so keep yourself warm.

[NYC GOP Chick]

In NYC, it was actually colder during the day than it is at night. In fact, I think I'm going to go outside and take a walk. :)

[Victoria Delsoul]

LOL, you are brave. :-)

[MplsSteve]

You know, there's been a movement in parts of LA to secede, particularly the San Fernando Valley.

Last year, they held a city-wide vote and surprise, surprise, surprise...it was voted down. The Valley areas voted for secession but the rest of the city overwhelmingly voted it down.

LA's city govt is so addicted to the tax revenue from the Valley areas that they did everything they could to prevent the secession.

[NYC GOP Chick]

You don't know the half of it -- you don't know my neighborhood! ;)

Actually, it's pretty quiet at night, except for my upstairs neighbors, whom I'm going to destroy one night.

[Beck_isright]

"The reason, he said, is that high taxes are choking residents and businesses."

Thus why Florida shall continue to explode. Sadly the liberals from California and New York are moving here also, expecting the same daddy-day-care services that those states created. I see Florida turning left in 10 years unfortunately.

[Victoria Delsoul]

whom I'm going to destroy one night

OMG! LOL!!! Just be careful when you do that.

[Dan from Michigan]

Actually, it's pretty quiet at night, except for my upstairs neighbors, whom I'm going to destroy one night.

Have your stereo speakers up against the ceiling while you play your Skynyrd CD. :)

[nicollo]

Many relatives have moved away over the years. To Vermont. To Florida. To North Carolina. Soon, his parents will relocate to Tennessee.

No finer argument for federalism was ever made...

[NYC GOP Chick]

No worries -- the doorman said that it's "two swishy guys" who live up there. I'm working on getting them evicted. And in the meantime, if they give me more hassles, one Sunday morning, my dad will come visit me nice and *early*, and have a little chat with them...

Oh, and now that the wind has kicked up, it's *cooooold* out there! Even one drunk homey called out to me "Whatchoo doing out here, little girlie?!"

[NYC GOP Chick]

Have your stereo speakers up against the ceiling while you play your Skynyrd CD. :)

Hard to do with a 14-foot ceiling...