Florida and New Jersey were the most popular destinations for people moving out of New York. Florida gained 312,140 former New York residents, who had an estimated $9.2 billion of adjusted gross income.
Other states attracting the most New Yorkers were Connecticut, North Carolina and Pennsylvania.
Hmm thats funny…those are all blue states in the last election.
Yes taxes play a role, but there’s more than that. Downstate is ridiculously expensive to live in. Upstate is super poor and there is a shortage of decent paying jobs. Not to mention the weather is atrocious. Old people simply don’t want to deal with that.
Really, l-fucking-l oh l. Every political post you make is pro-left, and pro-left NY just fucked you. In my best Nelson voice, HA-HA.
You know what NY’s biggest cost item is? Medicaid. It’s 40% of our budget. You know who stops us from cutting Medicaid every year, despite NY paying as much as than the next two highest cost Medicaid states combined? Sheldon Silver and his democrat controlled Assembly.
Then why are you still voting Dem in NY? Putting all the national stuff aside, why are you voting Dem in NY?
Because as long as Sheldon Silver is speaker in the Assembly NY Medicaid will NEVER change. He has flat out said any cuts in that area are off the table. And since we can’t vote against him the only way he’s getting removed is to have a Republican controlled Assembly so he could no longer be the speaker.
Well can I ask (to keep my learning adventures up this week) what is the incentive at this point for any working person, entrepreneur or business, to stay here lol?
If I stay it will be solely because either a) Im licensed in NY. b)family reasons or c) there is a massive change soon. And this kills me because geographically and culturally, I really do LOVE Western New York
Surely Albany cant expect everyone here who is about to graduate from the SUNY system to feel as compassionate as I do, so what do they expect is going to happen? I see this number just growing more and more.
I’m always convinced that people answer these threads by gut instinct so I tried to find out how individuals do with taxes in NY. It’s nowhere as bad as people make it out to be.
an interesting article:
we’re #6 for high personal taxes, not that bad really.
6. New York
Population: 19.4 million
Average tax burden per person: $3,019
Keep in mind that these numbers cover 2008's tax receipts. Why does that matter? Because with Wall Street crashing and burning since the 2007-2008 tax year, it's impossible to imagine New York State getting $36.5 billion (or $1,876 per person) in individual income tax. It's no wonder Gov. David Patterson has floated proposals to tax such trivial things as soda and candy bars--the state really needs the money.
Haha and the point I was making is thats pathetic if thats whats keeping people here. Sadly, like I said, I may be that pathetic person some day but im really gonna try to avoid that.
also, you should realize that a lot of people have a MUCH different idea of what other places are like.
One of my buddies from home keeps asking me if there is anything to do where I live, if it is super rural, how much of a redneck place is it, etc… It’s really fucking ignorant. He thinks that LI/NYC is the end-all be-all location. However, he has NEVER explored anywhere. He has never visited me in NC (I’ve been here for 1.5 years). The truth is, there is a TON of sfuff to do. It isn’t rural AT ALL. Not redneck AT ALL.
Some people are just too ignorant to understand it. Those people need to open their eyes up and explore this country. There are TONS of great places to live other than where you grew up. You owe it to yourself to explore them.
