tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8584846.post-12243146320288389652008-03-22T06:40:00.000-05:002008-03-22T06:40:00.000-05:00I've been a lurker at fixbuffalo for a while, and just wanted to throw this out there (something I've been thinking about for a while): How much of Buffalo's (and Upstate's) decline is due to the siphoning off of resources by that megalopolis, New York City? <BR/><BR/>Every time I read about New York politics, it seems that Sheldon Silver and his NYC cronies in Albany get everything they want, and Buffalo gets shafted. We send money Downstate, and none comes up.<BR/><BR/>Would we do better to secede from New York State? I know that sounds ridiculous, but we have a hell of a lot of resources here in WNY. <BR/> <BR/>People mention Minneapolis and Toronto as cold climate cities that are growing-- but they don't have the tax burden that we have, they don't have the put-down politics that we have (being dominated by NYC).<BR/><BR/>Just wanted to see what people's thoughts about these things were.<BR/><BR/>How about this for a plan:<BR/><BR/>WNY seceding from New York State!<BR/><BR/>-GBAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com