When my folks were still living and I would make my annual trek "down the shore", there occasionally seemed to be rumblings about the 51st state, South Jersey. Anything lately on that score? As I recall, the line was drawn east-west from about Manasquan to Bordentown, with maybe Camden chopped off and floated over to Philly.
Same thing in NY. NYC was(is) liberal, but the rest of the state was conservative. We got tired of being taxed to death for losers in NYC, and they had millions of Democrat sewer rats packed into one square mile, outnumbering the rest of the state. We almost got our freedom, but the Jewish came in wanting their own state, too, because their "ideology" was different than the other two. When they came in, others started, and it was thrown out of court.
Today, NY still suffers from Democrat sewer rat infestation. And sewer rats breed in their holes, making more and more sewer rats.
Upstate is emptying out. Businesses are leaving. The saints are leaving. It's becomming a wasteland, perfect for the sewer rats to infest.