Tony here from NY

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Your tax dollars go to the 60% of the people who don't work. NY is the welfare state. When I retiree, I'm out of here.

Read something this past week that reported 1/3 of the US population is on some type of welfare.... NY does have a boatload... Guess what I'm trying to say is most of our leadership is from and governs our state for the benefit of the greater NYC area.....

I always get a kick (read: no kick at all) out of that too:

Person: "So... where are you from?"
Me: "New York."
Person: "Oh! I've never been to New York City!"
Me: "No I live in upstate, the place with exponentially more land area, as well as the much higher population." (AKA: Statistically where I am more likely to be from when I say NY.)
Person: "*dumbfounded*"

Welcome aboard, Tony!

When we are in Maine this happens a lot.... I respond with upstate NY when in a conversation and they still think of NYC area.... I have not been to the city in over 15 years and don't have any plans in the future...... lol