>>2700535Look up property taxes in New York State and then get back to me about home "affordability"
NYS has the highest overall tax burden in the country
https://worldpopulationreview.com/state-rankings/tax-burden-by-stateAlso
>shitty job market in most of upstate>horrible politics and gun laws>less friendly than other regions>weather isn't for everybodyThere's a reason why NY leads the nation in population losses. Even with illegals flooding in and being treated like kings at the taxpayer's expense, NYS loses over 100,000 people each year with most of them being productive citizens and not freeloaders
https://nypost.com/2023/12/20/metro/new-york-lost-more-residents-than-any-other-state-census-bureau/Florida might as well be renamed New New York at this point.
New York has some of the best nature in the country and four distinct seasons. I will defend that until I die. Other aspects of life in this state are indefensible though.
