Comments on: NY: The Chumpire State

By: Rebecca

Rebecca — Mon, 19 May 2008 15:01:47 +0000

I lived in Manhattan in the mid 80s. Yeah, it was awful. It took a dictator to clean up the place. But did he only clean up the streets? I am on the opinion that the real crooks are still in the city halls…

Binghamton is a lovely area. I lived in the Southern Tier for a few years. Gosh, I think I’ve lived everywhere!!

By: Grandy

Grandy — Thu, 15 May 2008 16:02:12 +0000

I agree the political storms are worse. At least the other storms have insurance.

My dad was from Upstate New York. Binghamton. He always spoke fondly of it. :)

By: vulcanhammer

vulcanhammer — Thu, 15 May 2008 05:56:58 +0000

I grew up in NYC during the ’70’s and ’80’s. The city was a dump until Guliani came around. My parents decided to leave b/c it was very expensive and they never felt that we were safe after 2 break-ins. My wife and I currently live in California but we are thinking of relocating…again due to cost of living. I agree that there are some big changes coming to the American way of life.

By: Carole

Carole — Thu, 15 May 2008 02:31:57 +0000

Oh you are so right! Just our governors alone have been terrible disasters, oy!

By: regina

regina — Wed, 14 May 2008 21:56:12 +0000

Great post, especially for me since my family and I will migrating! We are currently living in upstate NY, but are originally from NYC and will be moving to Texas in July. So the change should be interesting to say the least! I am trying to prepare for the culture shock!

By: Rebecca

Rebecca — Wed, 14 May 2008 18:50:44 +0000

From what I have heard, Texas (as well as Utah, N. Carolina, and Arizona, those states that are experiencing record population growth) have concerns about having enough water to meet the needs of a booming population. There has been discussion among state leaders of tapping into the Great Lakes, possibly building pipelines and such nonsense. Most southwestern states receive anywhere from 7 to 30 inches of water per year, and most SW states have double the square acreage of northeastern states. New York receives 40 to 50 inches of rainfall a year, which is phenomenal for a non-coastal state.

By “abundant” I mean that a season of no rainfall won’t kill our agriculture or force the population to ration water. I understand this kind of crisis occurs in the SW, even Texas? To us, a “drought” is a few weeks without rain, but we never really experience a dangerous threat to our water supply.

Comparatively, Texas and those other SW states do not have green grass or trees like we do out east. Can’t even begin to compare.

By: Linda

Linda — Wed, 14 May 2008 18:36:18 +0000

I have a news flash from Texas. We do have green grass, abundant trees and water. Of course, that may not be true for all of the state but we do get to experience heat, hurricanes, tornadoes, droughts and floods. It is just the small statement that says, just wait a few minutes and the weather will change. People will be changing their lifestyles all of the time depending on where they live. good aritcle!