And likewise, upstate NY should be considered part of NE. We're basically VT with higher taxes. If we could cede from NYC/Long Island, most of us would.
Yeah, just cut-off upstate New York and morphing Ct into New York seems like a fair trade to me, and I'd be happy to have Whiteface and the likes join the rest of New England.
you're considering "new yorkers" to be from long island, staten island, and NYC. Us upstaters are completely different and when i say upstate i mean the adirondacks, not rochester or buffalo ect..