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The original plan was 33% of passengers to Rochester, 33% elsewhere in NYS, 33% beyond NYS.
Why would people want to come to little ole Rochester? Who says bigger is better for starters? Do you have an inferiority complex because you lived here? Maybe, I see you've moved. Being lower cost would make Rochester a perfect place for a Toronto company to build a plant. We have lots of optics here, as well as college courses in optics. Think there's Toronto companies that would benefit? There's a lot of cross boarder collaboration with education and industry. Who wants to drive, when you could watch a movie, have dinner, nap, have a business meeting without the stress. What about the coolness factor?
In short, when people react with the "why Rochester" skepticism, this is the very reason Rochester hasn't grown. A hundred years ago, Toronto and Rochester were about the same population. Why?
One word for you TAXES
I still consider Rochester my home, and I always will. I will defend the area to my dying breath, but one cannot ignore the Pink Elephant in the middle of the room. The tax structure in the state has always been the problem. I would move back to Rochester in a heartbeat, but I cannot justify it financially. I lived in many places in my 40 years in the area, east side, west side, urban, rural, suburban...loved them all.
Our family left because my husband could not find a teaching job in Rochester, other states welcomed him with open arms. So we made the difficult decision to move. Most difficult for me as a fourth generation Rochestarian.
I would also venture to guess, that a 100 years ago the atmosphere was much more "business friendly" than it is these days.
Sometimes basic questions can be answered by "simplistic" points........
Yes the entire collapse of manufacturing and industry in the rust belt, plus white flight and unchecked development in the suburbs, and subsequent emptying out of cities like Rochester is attributable only to a few extra points of taxation.
Come on. Nothing is so simple. It's like the people who blame the weather or spilling their coffee on Cuomo. Same sad note played on a sad trombone.
Yes the entire collapse of manufacturing and industry in the rust belt, plus white flight and unchecked development in the suburbs, and subsequent emptying out of cities like Rochester is attributable only to a few extra points of taxation.
Come on. Nothing is so simple. It's like the people who blame the weather or spilling their coffee on Cuomo. Same sad note played on a sad trombone.
Taxes have been high for years. it's not just taxes, it's regulation also. Some parts of upstate were devastated and lost hundreds of thousands, but Rochester has gained population. The problem was just poor planning and execution. Most people in Rochester never did, and still don't understand the potential of the ferry. I don't understand people who seem to get a lot of satisfaction out of nay-saying this project.
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