Well put dweste. That is the reason why Upstate NY will never be free of NYC's oh so benevolent domination. Likewise, northern California is forced to suffer just because the southern end of the state is full of city people who wouldn't know a rabbit from a rabid ferret if you put the furballs in their pants.

Then again, I think they should take the I95 corridor from Boston to the Potomac and make it a state.