catsnbills Posted December 18, 2009 Posted December 18, 2009 everybody is missing the point. The states at the top of the list have winning football teams. Those at the bottom never will!
trolls_r_us Posted December 18, 2009 Posted December 18, 2009 drive around upstate NY... Buffalo, Albany, Rochester, Syracuse, Utica, Binghamton What do you see? Almost endless stretches of industrial decay, vacant buildings, crumbling infrastructure... Drive the 190 North from Buffalo to Niagara Falls... Not only is it ugly as hell but it SMELLS like poison and death... About the ugliest stretch of expressway I have EVER driven on. That kind of stuff wears on people in ways they often don't realize. Most cities in NY State are living off the fumes of their part glory. Couple that with high taxes, no decent jobs, a steady pervasive greyness, decay and pollution everywhere, and constant doom and gloom in the news, and I can see why NY ranks where it does. At least in small towns or college-town type cities, there never really was much industry aside from the college and the local establishments that sprung up because of it. Fresh air, lots of young people, lack of decaying buildings everywhere, and low crime are what makes an area vibrant.
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