Rich people are always going to want to have houses on the water down by NYC, so they can live the life of leisure and zip into the City for shopping and dining. Even if they "leave" the state, they'll just spend 6 months and a day down in Florida and come back to their Greenwich property.

I've always thought the best solution is a property tax on houses over some value- an Estate tax, if you will.

Me too- the top of my car would like a word with the author of that article.

Bellwether is one of the most accurate descriptions of being a scientist I have encountered in fiction. I love the book. I also love To Say Nothing of the Dog.