New Yorkers are fleeing high taxes for red states
A new poll could spell big trouble for New York: Nearly four of every 10 voters here are thinking of fleeing. Their No. 1 reason: high taxes.
The survey, released this month by Zogby, found that 38.9% of voters are “considering” or already have “made plans” to head out, up five points from a month earlier. If even just half do, New York could lose millions of residents and enormous political clout, not to mention the tax revenue these folks pay.
Most notably, a stunning 36.7% say their top reason for wanting out is that taxes are “too high,” a gripe more people cited than any other. Even a quarter of “progressives,” 32% of “liberals” and 38% of “moderates” cite high taxes as their strongest motivation to leave.
Never mind the druggies and crazies, disastrous schools or even surging crime (though 48% say crime’s Priority One for the next gov, vs. 43% who cite taxes). And so much for Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s blaming the weather; only 7.7% cited that as their chief reason.
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I found upstate New York to be very attractive, but I would not pay extra for living there and New York City was never attractive to me. High state taxes are causing an out-migration in California and Illinois and some other blue states. Florida and Texas continue to be destination states.
I recall working with former New Yorkers in Houston where they also complained about housing up there. One guy said that you had to pay more to live in a place you would not live in at all in Houston.
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