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My husband and I are considering a move to north shore Nassau from our home in BK heights. We picked LI bc our offices are on the west side and easier to get to than GC. A lot of the posters on these boards seem more conservative and "angry" with Long Island compared to westchester or CT. We are sort of familiar as his grparents were from Rockville centre and my grandmother lives in Locust valley.
What about the demographics of the region make it more conservative than other suburbs? Or am I reading too much into what people post on these boards? I've noticed fairly libertarian streak in these parts.
IMO - doesn't much matter if you're a Democrat or GOP on Long Island - or NY state for that matter. They're all the same! They both have unions best interest in mind, neither party knows how to balance a budget, and they can't create new laws fast enough. NY is dead last in the country for personal freedoms.
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Fiscal freedom: -0.471 (lowest)
Regulatory freedom: -0.90 (11th lowest)
Personal freedom: -0.191 (3rd lowest)
Net Migration (2000-2009): -8.9 percent
"New York is the least free state in the country. According to the report, this is because it has the lowest rated economic freedom and the third lowest rated personal freedom in the country. The state has the highest taxes in the nation, with above average property, selective sales, individual income, and corporate income tax rates. Government spending on “public welfare, hospitals, electric power, transit, and employee retirement” is all well above the national averages. The state also has the second greatest debt as a percentage of the state’s economy in the country, behind only Alaska. The state is not much better when it comes to personal liberty. New York has among the strictest gun laws in the country, motorists are highly regulated, home schools are highly regulated, and cigarette taxes are the highest in the country — currently $4.35 a pack. Eminent domain “abuse is rampant and unchecked,” such as last year’s case involving the expansion of Columbia University and the Atlantic Yards program in Brooklyn. "
OTOH, New York has the best consumer-protection insurance laws in the country when it comes to Medicare supplement policies for seniors. It is a "guaranteed issue" state which means that a company can never turn someone down for a policy, nor restrict their issue to specific periods of time. It is a "community rated" state which means they can't charge someone more because of their age, claims history, or health status; they can only charge according to what part of NY state you live in. When it comes to Medigap policies, seniors have more economic freedom of choice in NYS than in any other state in the country, with the exception of CT which has the same laws re: Medigaps as NY.
NY had these protections long before Obamacare was even a gleam in a politician's eye, LOL. (btw, the new ACA "protections" do not apply to Medicare-related insurance)
As far as " New York has among the strictest gun laws in the country, motorists are highly regulated, home schools are highly regulated, and cigarette taxes are the highest in the country", I personally think all of those laws are very GOOD things. And would add to that, I am happy we had one of the earliest and some of the toughest smoking bans in the country was well. And I am an indepedent by political persuasion, btw, lest anyone jump to conclusions either way, LOL
Oh that's wonderful...after all, see how many seniors are just flocking to NYS to retire.
And let's make a few more laws....after all these laws have certainly made NY so much safer and secure.
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