A lot of upstate New York is like this. Many once great towns but population dropping for decades.
The town I grew up in was a great place to grow up. But the major employer left and nothing replaced it. It looks exactly the same except greyer, run down, partly abandoned. At least I don’t think there are any $5,000 houses left , so that’s something
There are too many rural towns in upstate NY (especially driving up to Buffalo) where you keep your windows rolled up and don’t stop anywhere. Very white supremacist coded.
I get that they were left behind and remaining residents feel desperate, but that shouldn’t mean a sharp turn toward the right
I said similar in the last few elections: do you really prefer the guy wanting to “tear it all down”, over the candidate who at least recognizes the problem and proposes something, even if you don’t believe it? So now we have cuts in aid of all sorts, cuts in healthcare, cuts in job development, cuts in pollution remediation for the least advantaged, instead of retraining that you don’t believe in? Really? So it’s better to sit there starving with no heat, not enough food, no access to healthcare, mine tailings threatening your town, etc? But at least you p*wned the libs, who wanted to …. Help?
A lot of upstate New York is like this. Many once great towns but population dropping for decades.
The town I grew up in was a great place to grow up. But the major employer left and nothing replaced it. It looks exactly the same except greyer, run down, partly abandoned. At least I don’t think there are any $5,000 houses left , so that’s something
There are too many rural towns in upstate NY (especially driving up to Buffalo) where you keep your windows rolled up and don’t stop anywhere. Very white supremacist coded.
I get that they were left behind and remaining residents feel desperate, but that shouldn’t mean a sharp turn toward the right
I said similar in the last few elections: do you really prefer the guy wanting to “tear it all down”, over the candidate who at least recognizes the problem and proposes something, even if you don’t believe it? So now we have cuts in aid of all sorts, cuts in healthcare, cuts in job development, cuts in pollution remediation for the least advantaged, instead of retraining that you don’t believe in? Really? So it’s better to sit there starving with no heat, not enough food, no access to healthcare, mine tailings threatening your town, etc? But at least you p*wned the libs, who wanted to …. Help?
My two cents as an outsider: there are two parties in the US, the conservatives and then the Republicans.
If you are desperate, you vote for change. Any change. That includes the candidate that promises to spit in your face personally.