[AppyPappy]

Perhaps they have talked to friends that moved to NC and DON’T pay $10k a year in property taxes. We transferred workers from NY and they were stunned to find out that their property taxes were only about $1200. They would complain that our schools were underfunded compared to Ny schools which always made me ask “If your schools were so good up North, why did all of you send your kids to private schools?”.

[Damifino]

I started the trend. I left WNY in 1996. I worked in Lockport, the small city that printed this article. The joke back then, and I suspect still: Do you know how to run a small business in NY? Buy a big one and give it some time.

The lamenting about families being torn apart didn't hold for me. My mom, 2 sisters and a brother all have moved since me.

[bobconfer]

Taxes are a killer. I have an almost 200-year old farm house (not the most modern house) on 5 acres of land. My taxes last year: $5,497.