Move to another state: leave your home, your family, your friends, your community, your job, your whole way of life. Buy knives and guns, and in your frustration at having nothing else left, go out and shoot the place up.
There are lots of good reasons for packing up and leaving for greener pastures. Picking just one and leaving is over-reacting.
Agreed. But when you look at NYC as a whole its a mess. Not to sway too far off topic but just look at everything else involved with living in NYC:
*Taxes are absurdly high. Especially if you make a decent living. Oh and BTW, the local politicians do nothing but villify those that actually go out and succeed. I guess its easier to garner votes from the projects when you set the bar at welfare and then shit on those who strive to reach above it.
* Guns and knives are effectively banned. Your personal safety and welfare are the responsibility of the friendly NYPD. Nevermind that their actual record with solving violent crime is abysmal. To be fair its gotten better but that's a relative term.
* Personal liberties are curtailed. Citizen's making choices for themselves is discouraged. For example, smoking may not be the best thing for you but shouldn't an adult be allowed to make that decision for him/herself.
* Constant traffic/difficulty getting around. There is a concentration of "landmarks" and important buildings. Obama decides to make a speech at the UN and your existence is completely f**cked if you're anywhere near the East side. Oh and btw, if you happen to be anywhere near these "landmarks" well then your personal freedom means nothing. Random searches near ground zero for any reason the NYPD deems? You betcha.
* Illegal immigration is encouraged as is lower quality of life. Who cares if the average citizen is paying $2000+ for a 1BR apt on top of already the highest taxes in the country. Let's build more projects and allow boarding houses in our neighborhoods.
*Schools? Those are purely awesome. The graduation rate is something like 48%. Which actually wouldn't too bad if taxes dollars flowed from the district into the respective school. Instead we're busy busing kids in from poorer areas into areas which should otherwise afford decent schooling. I guess private school is an alternative at $30,000/year (and that's a bargain) assuming your kid gets in. Think about this: a citizen goes out and does well, he buys a house/apt, his property and income taxes (which are already absurd) goto fund a school in his district except often enough that school is over-crowded with kids from other parts of town. One of two things happens: (1) his kids get a substandard education (with 40 kids per class) or (2) his kid gets bussed to a crap part of town since that's the only place that they have room.
Sure I grew up here and I love it but for the reasons mentioned above I simply can't see myself staying here longer term (e.g. raising a family)
I have to add - as a NYer - Upstate is nothing like downstate. No more than any other state in terms of overzealous law enforcement BS. My bigger fear is that the State Police will try enforcing the Manhattan interpretation of the law statewide. The craziest part of the whole deal is that NYs knife laws re "gravity knives" use pretty much the same language as most other states. Only in NYC and a few select environs do the police apply it in such a manner.
Give it a little time under Cuomo. Nothing like an over zealous pinko former state prosecutor to turn your world upside down.
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