New York vs Virginia vs Florida vs Massachusetts (compared, cons, market)

[BostonBornMassMade]

Originally Posted by masssachoicetts

Virginia. I cant fathom how rural VA is. Like just look at a picture of Appalachia or something...

Outside Boston, most of MA looks like this: https://www.google.com/maps/@42.6167...7i16384!8i8192
https://www.google.com/maps/@42.4824...7i13312!8i6656



New Jersey?
Weed? Yes. Legal now.
Guns. No
Immigrants? No.

23.5% foreign-born New Jersey??

[masssachoicetts]

Originally Posted by BostonBornMassMade

23.5% foreign-born New Jersey??

Obvious typo

[BostonBornMassMade]

Originally Posted by masssachoicetts

Obvious typo

okay just checking lol

[BobHoward]

Originally Posted by masssachoicetts

Living upstate ny isn't all that expensive and it has a high wages

OK, upstate is not so expensive. But where are these high wages? Schenectady, Utica, Buffalo?

[ram2]

[quote=masssachoicetts;60521046]

Virginia
Weed? Yes, Coming Soon.
Guns? NO - based on the gun control measures the DEMs are pushing in Va
Immigrants? No

[ckhthankgod]

Originally Posted by BobHoward

OK, upstate is not so expensive. But where are these high wages? Schenectady, Utica, Buffalo?

I'll put it like this, the Albany metro area has a higher average annual wage than many of the growing major Southern areas according to this source: https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oessrcma.htm For instance, if it was in Texas, it would be the metro with the higher average annual wage according to that source.

For some of the other Upstate areas, they are on par with similarly sized areas that are growing, if not higher.

I'd say to take a look.

[ckhthankgod]

Originally Posted by masssachoicetts

Virginia. I cant fathom how rural VA is. Like just look at a picture of Appalachia or something...

Outside Boston, most of MA looks like this: https://www.google.com/maps/@42.6167...7i16384!8i8192
https://www.google.com/maps/@42.4824...7i13312!8i6656


Based on your criteria:

Virginia
Weed? Yes, Coming Soon.
Guns? Ya
Immigrants? No

Massachusetts
Weed? Ayyah. Only state where its currently legal and in practice on this list.
Guns? lol no.
Immigrants? Yes

Florida
Weed? No
Guns? Yes
Immigrants? Yes

New York
Weed? No
Guns? No
Immigrants? Yes

New Jersey?
Weed? Yes. Legal now.
Guns. No
Immigrants? No.

The bolded may be a matter of time in terms of changing, but is correct as of now.

[masssachoicetts]

[quote=ram2;60523528]

Originally Posted by masssachoicetts

Virginia
Weed? Yes, Coming Soon.
Guns? NO - based on the gun control measures the DEMs are pushing in Va
Immigrants? No

Good. No wonder why VA is so safe

[jcp123]

Originally Posted by masssachoicetts

Virginia. I cant fathom how rural VA is. Like just look at a picture of Appalachia or something...

Outside Boston, most of MA looks like this: https://www.google.com/maps/@42.6167...7i16384!8i8192
https://www.google.com/maps/@42.4824...7i13312!8i6656


Based on your criteria:

Virginia
Weed? Yes, Coming Soon.
Guns? Ya
Immigrants? No

Massachusetts
Weed? Ayyah. Only state where its currently legal and in practice on this list.
Guns? lol no.
Immigrants? Yes

Florida
Weed? No
Guns? Yes
Immigrants? Yes

New York
Weed? No
Guns? No
Immigrants? Yes

New Jersey?
Weed? Yes. Legal now.
Guns. No
Immigrants? No.

Hmm. Interesting list. I wouldn’t say that’s exactly an exhaustive list of what I want lol but a good guide as to what I mean by living in a permissive place.

[LINative]

Originally Posted by BostonBornMassMade

Glad you're allowing people to vote for multiple places-Id live in all 3 of these states. Just not Virginia

Me too except I voted for all 4 of them. The one I would least likely to live in is Florida but that is mostly due to climate not because of the people or the state - I need me some winter and change of seasons. But I could still live in Florida happily.