I left Wednesday and I'm so happy. Moved to the Midwest (I'm a black woman ) and everyone so far is kind and welcoming and friendly. Even on the plane from LGA the flight crew and passengers were nice. I drove all day yesterday and saw 1 police car. There are no homeless, no druggies, no graffiti, no trash, no sketchness, no fart cars, no vendors on sidewalks like a third world market, no loud music. It's diverse and there are immigrants here. I'm not in bumfuck middle of no where either, it's a city area. Hell I even went to the bathroom and it said "men" "women", it's been a long time since I've seen that. What I notice the most is how free people are. No government controlling every single aspect of their lives. People are trusted to do the right thing and they do. Even in the "poor areas" it's nice. Crime happens but it's between people that know each other already.

I voted for Zeldin and was clearly outvoted. As a born and bred new Yorker I saw the writing on the wall. I was born in 1980 but remember how Sketchy NYC was when I was a kid and how it got better and was amazing in the 2000's. Then DeBlasio got in and the slide into the abyss happened.

I'm still on this sub to see what's happening because I still have to return for oncology anniversaries and my friends and loved ones live here. But I will never ever ever move back. NY and north east has been destroyed.

All I ask is if you move, please leave your garbage attitude where you came from. Leave your shit ideas where you came from. I won't tell people which state I moved to because it's nice and it's free and I want it to stay that way.

Granted, I think we're still in a period where people are very much polarized on political parties, but Zeldin was making more sense than Hochul during the campaign.

I've never seen so many former urban and suburban residents move to rural areas. It's really telling.