"Wes" wrote in message
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"Ed Huntress" wrote:

New York is two states without a border. Term limits and election law
reform
won't change the fact that a majority of the state's people live in one
metropolitan area; nearly half of the population lives in one city.
They're
packed together and, like people living in the largest cities everywhere,
they're both accustomed to and dependent upon a strong "commons"
philosophy
and a wide array of government services.

As long as it's one state, upstaters will always have to accommodate a
completely alien society and culture that constitutes half of its
population -- and vice versa.

Gee, sounds like Michigan. Thankfully many down staters have moved away
due to no jobs.

Wes

It's more like Illinois.

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It is 100 times safer for your child to visit a home with a
gun in it than a swimming pool. Something to think about.

I don't think that's quite what Levitt's research said. IIRC, the conclusion
is that if you have at your home a gun, a swimming pool, and a kid, your kid
is 100 times more likely to die in the swimming pool than to get shot with
the gun -- or guns.

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Ed Huntress