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| New Yoikers under 30 bailing due to high taxes |
| 2011-05-13 |
| A new Marist College poll shows that 36% of New Yorkers under the age of 30 are planning to leave New York within the next five years - and more than a quarter of all adults are planning to bolt the Empire State. The New York City suburbs, with their high property values and taxes, are leading the exodus, the poll found. Of those preparing to leave, 62% cite economic reasons like cost of living, taxes - and a lack of jobs. "A lot of people are questioning the affordability of the state," said Lee Miringoff, director of the Marist College Institute for Public Opinion. Oy ve. Just wait until New York revokes the Schengen plan and closes their border with Joisey... |
| Posted by:gorb |
| #3 Regarding California EU6305, you might want to look a bit closer at the demographics of who is leaving and who is arriving, especially their economic, educational and cultural orientation. Those who are being counted upon to carry the freight for the other half are at the fed-up stage as they think about leaving. In todays' Sacramento Bee the new legislation banning the seizure of autos when the driver has no license or insurance (illegals), authorizing in state tuition for undocumented students (illegals), proposing yet again state licenses for undocumented drivers (illegals), making city elected officals virtually unable to declare bankruptcy because of unionized public-sector worker contracts, and now card check unionization for agricultural workers. The US Chamber study of CEOs found CA 50th of the states for its business/ta/regulatory climate Anyone who cannot see the end-state this leads to is not paying attention. So yes, the state remains crowded, but the future looms crowded, broke and very diminished quality of life. At some point, even the perfect climate can't balance that out anymore. |
| Posted by: NoMoreBS 2011-05-13 22:26 |
| #2 Taxes won't do it. Greenie created shortages of energy [brown/black outs] and food shortages will. NIMBY comes home. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2011-05-13 12:16 |
| #1 Yeah, right. People have been bailing out of New York for as long as I can remember and that's a long, long time. Yet somehow it remains one of the most populous states in the union with one of the biggest cities in the world. You can hear those New York accents all over the country but especially in southern California. High taxes, high property values, discouraging business climate. Blah, blah, blah. Speaking of California, I keep hearing about how everybody is leaving this state. And yet to me it seems just as crowded as ever. So go away already. Who needs you? |
| Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305 2011-05-13 11:44 |