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Title: What is NY doing wrong ?
Post by: stevewfl on December 29, 2013, 09:36:37 AM
per New York Times:

New York, whose status as the most populous state has long been ceded, will soon fall behind Florida into fourth place, a long-anticipated drop that is rife with symbolism and that could carry potentially serious economic consequences in coming years.

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/27/nyregion/new-york-soon-to-trail-florida-in-population.html (http://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/27/nyregion/new-york-soon-to-trail-florida-in-population.html)


Title: Re: What is NY doing wrong ?
Post by: blue14 on December 29, 2013, 10:18:43 AM
Over taxation and a refusal to adopt Global Warming....
Title: Re: What is NY doing wrong ?
Post by: gPink on December 29, 2013, 10:20:29 AM
 :rotflmao:
Title: Re: What is NY doing wrong ?
Post by: VirginiaJim on December 29, 2013, 11:02:48 AM
Rising water levels?
Title: Re: What is NY doing wrong ?
Post by: Son of Pappy on December 29, 2013, 12:52:23 PM
Ever see 100s of bikini clad ladies sunning in a New York park in December?  Didn't think so ;)
Title: Re: What is NY doing wrong ?
Post by: ZG on December 29, 2013, 02:06:24 PM
Ever see 100s of bikini clad ladies sunning in a New York park in December?  Didn't think so ;)


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(http://i537.photobucket.com/albums/ff338/MMark_photos/Bikinis%20In%20The%20Snow/bikini_snow_girls.jpg) (http://media.photobucket.com/user/MMark_photos/media/Bikinis%20In%20The%20Snow/bikini_snow_girls.jpg.html)


(http://i977.photobucket.com/albums/ae252/roromusic2009/Misc/Ladies_Snow.jpg) (http://media.photobucket.com/user/roromusic2009/media/Misc/Ladies_Snow.jpg.html)
Title: Re: What is NY doing wrong ?
Post by: Son of Pappy on December 29, 2013, 02:08:05 PM

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(http://i537.photobucket.com/albums/ff338/MMark_photos/Bikinis%20In%20The%20Snow/bikini_snow_girls.jpg) (http://media.photobucket.com/user/MMark_photos/media/Bikinis%20In%20The%20Snow/bikini_snow_girls.jpg.html)


(http://i977.photobucket.com/albums/ae252/roromusic2009/Misc/Ladies_Snow.jpg) (http://media.photobucket.com/user/roromusic2009/media/Misc/Ladies_Snow.jpg.html)
If they did this on a daily basis they would be growing (easy boys) daily  ;D
Title: Re: What is NY doing wrong ?
Post by: Strawboss on December 29, 2013, 02:22:05 PM
Even if there are more people in FLA, with NYC's status as a major eastern seaboard population center and the center-well in their minds at least-of many things culturally, artistically, and media based not to mention a major port and transportation hub, I'd like to think that NY and NYC has nothing to worry about concerning losing anything in the near future, except the American League playoffs. ;D
Title: Re: What is NY doing wrong ?
Post by: Pokey on December 29, 2013, 04:33:42 PM
Rights being lost in NY is not helping the situation either.
Title: Re: What is NY doing wrong ?
Post by: blue14 on December 29, 2013, 06:00:05 PM

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(http://i537.photobucket.com/albums/ff338/MMark_photos/Bikinis%20In%20The%20Snow/bikini_snow_girls.jpg) (http://media.photobucket.com/user/MMark_photos/media/Bikinis%20In%20The%20Snow/bikini_snow_girls.jpg.html)

Trust me pictures like these ONLY happen during a few brief moments and are usually accompanied with payments of CASH.  Shot made...COATS ON. :o


(http://i977.photobucket.com/albums/ae252/roromusic2009/Misc/Ladies_Snow.jpg) (http://media.photobucket.com/user/roromusic2009/media/Misc/Ladies_Snow.jpg.html)
Title: Re: What is NY doing wrong ?
Post by: Son of Pappy on December 29, 2013, 06:16:07 PM

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(http://i537.photobucket.com/albums/ff338/MMark_photos/Bikinis%20In%20The%20Snow/bikini_snow_girls.jpg) (http://media.photobucket.com/user/MMark_photos/media/Bikinis%20In%20The%20Snow/bikini_snow_girls.jpg.html)


(http://i977.photobucket.com/albums/ae252/roromusic2009/Misc/Ladies_Snow.jpg) (http://media.photobucket.com/user/roromusic2009/media/Misc/Ladies_Snow.jpg.html)
So, this is how Jay picks his colors ;)
Title: Re: What is NY doing wrong ?
Post by: blue14 on December 29, 2013, 06:23:25 PM
He hasn't done a white C14 YET????????????
Title: Re: What is NY doing wrong ?
Post by: Rhino on December 29, 2013, 06:25:46 PM
So, this is how Jay picks his colors ;)

 :rotflmao: How about the hot pink?
Title: Re: What is NY doing wrong ?
Post by: Cuda on December 29, 2013, 08:06:31 PM
I'm from western NY , just got back to Florida,
What happen ... they closed all the factory's and moved them to CHINA
Motorcycles are one of the few big ticket items I buy from overseas
Maybe when I'm 75 or so I'll buy a HD :D
Title: Re: What is NY doing wrong ?
Post by: stevewfl on December 30, 2013, 12:18:38 AM
Rights being lost in NY is not helping the situation either.

+1

The two things I hear most from folks moving here to FL from NY are taxes going higher and higher and gun laws/enforcement getting tougher

Bet the liberal media forgets to mention such  ;D
Title: Re: What is NY doing wrong ?
Post by: Nosmo on December 30, 2013, 03:23:58 AM
I'm from western NY , just got back to Florida,
What happen ... they closed all the factory's and moved them to CHINA
Motorcycles are one of the few big ticket items I buy from overseas
Maybe when I'm 75 or so I'll buy a HD :D

By then they'll be made entirely in China or assembled in India out of Chinese parts.
Title: Re: What is NY doing wrong ?
Post by: VirginiaJim on December 30, 2013, 05:38:49 AM
The worst of both worlds..
Title: Re: What is NY doing wrong ?
Post by: Outback_Jon on December 30, 2013, 06:18:06 AM
What happen ... they closed all the factory's and moved them to CHINA
GE is closing a factory here in NY and moving the production (capacitors and transformers) to Florida.
Title: Re: What is NY doing wrong ?
Post by: stevewfl on December 30, 2013, 06:24:31 AM
GE is closing a factory here in NY and moving the production (capacitors and transformers) to Florida.
Will they miss such things as the union bosses, higher taxes, and safety net of tighter gun control laws (http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j180/stevewfl/icon10.gif)
Title: Re: What is NY doing wrong ?
Post by: B.D.F. on December 30, 2013, 07:07:26 AM
I am about 3 hours away from NYC and an hour from Boston; it is really tough economically here in the northeast US. Taxes are high compared to great amounts of area in the south, wages are high also by comparison (but not as high as the cost of living difference). Plus we have unions and 'closed shops' which make the area unattractive to business. And then there is the whole winter thing which brings with it much higher energy costs as well as the difficulty of dealing with snow everywhere from the front steps, the driveway and all the roadways. So put it all together and it amounts to a lot of people getting squeezed out of the northeast especially but the 'rust belt' too, and all of it is either moving south (population and jobs) or offshore (jobs).

Brian

+1

The two things I hear most from folks moving here to FL from NY are taxes going higher and higher and gun laws/enforcement getting tougher

Bet the liberal media forgets to mention such  ;D
Title: Re: What is NY doing wrong ?
Post by: Rhino on December 30, 2013, 10:12:08 AM
The whole point of federalism is that you can vote with your feet.
Title: Re: What is NY doing wrong ?
Post by: Arata on December 30, 2013, 01:08:04 PM
Looks Nipply!!!



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(http://i977.photobucket.com/albums/ae252/roromusic2009/Misc/Ladies_Snow.jpg) (http://media.photobucket.com/user/roromusic2009/media/Misc/Ladies_Snow.jpg.html)
Title: Re: What is NY doing wrong ?
Post by: Cuda on December 30, 2013, 03:34:21 PM
The whole point of federalism is that you can vote with your feet.

I voted for Florida in 1985 :chugbeer:
Title: Re: What is NY doing wrong ?
Post by: Rhino on December 30, 2013, 04:24:03 PM
I voted for Florida in 1985 :chugbeer:

+1 I voted for Colorado over California in 1989. Now I'm thinking of voting again. :chugbeer:
Title: Re: What is NY doing wrong ?
Post by: VirginiaJim on December 31, 2013, 04:15:41 AM
Vote early and often..
Title: Re: What is NY doing wrong ?
Post by: gPink on December 31, 2013, 04:43:17 AM
Looks Nipply!!!
Hey, if you've got a close-up you need to share.
Title: Re: What is NY doing wrong ?
Post by: cmoore on December 31, 2013, 05:40:23 AM
My wife has to go to NYC on business. She can't get a pot of coffee brought to her room until the union guy shows up to bring it. I've been there...once...and that's enough. I like the rest of the state...in the summer.
Title: Re: What is NY doing wrong ?
Post by: gPink on December 31, 2013, 06:00:34 AM
My wife has to go to NYC on business. She can't get a pot of coffee brought to her room until the union guy shows up to bring it. I've been there...once...and that's enough. I like the rest of the state...in the summer.

The land of commie mayors and $15/hr burger flippers.....
Title: Re: What is NY doing wrong ?
Post by: gPink on December 31, 2013, 06:33:16 AM
Think it won't happen? Can you say SEIU?

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/12/30/highest-in-nation-15-minimum-wage-stirs-concern-from-local-businesses/ (http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/12/30/highest-in-nation-15-minimum-wage-stirs-concern-from-local-businesses/)

Businesses brace for 'serious cuts' as city enacts highest-in-nation $15 minimum wage.

As talk builds on Capitol Hill over hiking the federal minimum wage, one city in Washington state is poised to set the highest rate in the nation.

On Jan. 1, an estimated 1,600 hotel and transportation workers in SeaTac, Wash., will see their pay jump to $15 an hour, a 60 percent increase from the state's $9.32 minimum wage. .......

......Backers of the $15 minimum wage vow to appeal the ruling up the state Supreme Court. One of the biggest supporters is Kshama Sawant, a socialist who also won her election to the Seattle City Council. She plans on making Seattle the next city to have a $15 minimum wage.
Title: Re: What is NY doing wrong ?
Post by: Son of Pappy on December 31, 2013, 08:14:23 AM

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(http://i537.photobucket.com/albums/ff338/MMark_photos/Bikinis%20In%20The%20Snow/bikini_snow_girls.jpg) (http://media.photobucket.com/user/MMark_photos/media/Bikinis%20In%20The%20Snow/bikini_snow_girls.jpg.html)


(http://i977.photobucket.com/albums/ae252/roromusic2009/Misc/Ladies_Snow.jpg) (http://media.photobucket.com/user/roromusic2009/media/Misc/Ladies_Snow.jpg.html)
Lets get back to the girls, all this talk about seattle (due West of me) is depressing.  My fav is the lady in the turquoise green, followed by red, black, blue, silver and lastly pink.  Were it not for the turquoise lady, pink would ruin it.
Title: Re: What is NY doing wrong ?
Post by: Pokey on December 31, 2013, 05:11:14 PM
Looks Nipply!!!


Not nearly enough for my tastes.  ;D