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People Abandoning New York State, New Data Indicate

Submitted by Wendy, Dec 28, 2006 15:40

It just makes sense that the young people are becoming educated at our fine colleges and universities and then moving out of state. The goal was to make them smarter after all. Why would they stay here? The salaries cannot compare, the job market is stagnant, and the taxes are obscene. After educating my last child at SUNY Geneseo, my husband and I will join all of our children elsewhere. Pretty sad. My ancestors came to New York in 1832 and we have lived here ever since. New York is a beautiful place, but between the high taxes, the dysfunctional government in Albany, and the lack of quality employment, why are any of us staying? I have read that New York's largest export is it's people. I have also read that New York's largest import is people. Unfortunately, a large number of the people we are importing a drain on our society and are the reason our taxes are so high. And so my fellow remaining New Yorkers- look us up in a year or so in North Carolina. It's rapidly becoming the NEW New York!

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I grew up in NYC and spent significant time in upsatte NY, especially in the South FAllsburg region in the... [MORE]	Stephannie Howard	Dec 28, 2006 17:44
It just makes sense that the young people are becoming educated at our fine colleges and universities and then moving...	Wendy	Dec 28, 2006 15:40
I was born, raised and educated in New York City. After three years in the Navy (Philadelphia, Danang, Newport R.I.)... [MORE]	Fred LaVenuta	Dec 26, 2006 20:39
The prospect of starting a family, buying a house and dealing with commuting in New York was too much to... [MORE]	Mitch	Dec 23, 2006 09:45
I graduated with a masters degre and moved to Niagara Falls from Syracuse for my current job. I have to... [MORE]	Dan from Niagara	Dec 23, 2006 09:38
It is the draconian tax rates imposed which is killing population growth in NY. About the only thing not taxed... [MORE]	Noris Stone	Dec 23, 2006 07:44
Simple answer. I worked in Albany. Too many liberals. Fairly uninformed and lemming like people. Couldn't think for themselves. Facts... [MORE]	Jewi	Dec 22, 2006 21:41
If they are moving from New York City, I know why! Unless you are from the upper class (yeah, there... [MORE]	brett	Dec 27, 2006 00:07
get out anyway you can -- unless you're in financial services. then the place is disneyworld for adults. not only... [MORE]	eric blair	Dec 27, 2006 23:25
I am a former New Yorker who has lived in the Minnesota for the past seven years now. It was... [MORE]	exNYCer	Dec 29, 2006 16:34
I am one of those upper class finance types and I refuse to put my hard earned capital into real... [MORE]	Former Western New Yorker in Manhattan	Jan 3, 2007 01:27

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