A few years ago, during a career change in my life, a close relative really tried to get me involved in a project regarding fracking in New York.
The Marcellus shale field is named for the town of Marcellus in NY. The land is a goldmine of economic prosperity if it was allowed to go forward.
But, I knew that NY was too risky, because of political Communists like Cuomo, whom New Yorkers just reelected.
I am glad I trusted my instincts.
Good choice not moving there. I left WNY in 1985. Only go back to visit mom. It is depressing. She still lives there within 30 miles of where she was born. I left Orchard Park(suburb of Buffalo where Bills play)after graduating from SUNY Syracuse.
Buffalo was already hurting then because of the closure of Bethlehem Steel mills in Lackawanna. The other big manufactures were on the downhill slide. I think the Ford and GM plants have since closed. All of my siblings and almost all of the other kids in my neighborhood moved out. The only one that stayed owns his own landscaping business.
Back in the 1970s people said that everything from Westchester County south including Long Island should be a different state. WNY is more like the Midwest. The Adirondacks is the biggest state park in the country. Upstate NY has about as much in common with the NYC area as Chicago does with southern IL. I am sure they feel the same way about Chicago.
Even 40 years ago there was evidence of shale gas all over south of Buffalo. I knew 2 people who had gas wells on their property. They had free gas for life.
There was a waterfall near my mom’s house called Gaslight Falls. About half way up the falls there was a spot you could actually light the methane coming out of the rock.