I have lived in NYS before, people complain about the issues with NYC versus the rest of NYS but I have found every state has that issue with their one major city versus the rest of the state. I found out west the politics were significantly more pronounced in that area versus the north east. Rural versus urban will always have money and politics issues. Vermont doesn't have it as significantly bc Burlington is small, but you still see the complaints and frustration from NEK and the east