‘The drive from Albany to the Rochester suburb got me thinking: How do the folks in this portion of New York and the New York City area vote on things that affect each other? Granted they are considered the same state, but anyone who has ever driven in upstate New York knows that the area has about as much in common with the Big Apple, Long Island and Westchester as Alabama does. We don’t have places that boast, “Mo’s Truck Motel $15.99 per night” in New York City. They don’t have subways packed with people who talk to themselves.’