In my experience, most upstate New Yorkers have more in common with the south and other Red States than they do with NY City or Washington DC.
Sooner or later it has to be decided one way or the other and it will never get easier than right now.
The Last time it began in Boston Harbor - this time it might well be upstate New York.
"Before a standing army can rule, the people must be disarmed; as they are in almost every kingdom of Europe. The supreme power in America cannot enforce unjust laws by the sword; because the whole body of the people are armed, and constitute a force superior to any band of regular troops that can be, on any pretence, raised in the United States."
-- Noah Webster; An Examination of the Leading Principles of the Federal Constitution, October 10, 1787
In my experience, most upstate New Yorkers have more in common with the south and other Red States than they do with NY City or Washington DC.