What is going on everyone? Who wants to hear about New York State? Did you know
New York as a state as well as a city I know 99.9% of you just went yeah no
kidding but I actually know a girl who's 24 that she really thought it was its
own place she thought New York City was kind of
like Washington DC it was its own entity or its own location but then again she
also thinks Paul McCartney wouldn't have a career without Kanye West so that kind
of tells you what I'm dealing with I sometimes worry she's going to have kids
really do anyway New York is a state in the northeastern part of the country
here it is it's right up there towards the top it carries the lofty nickname of
the Empire State and New York was one of the original 13 colonies that formed the
United States with an estimated nineteen point eight five million residents in
2017 it is the fourth most populous state and twenty seventh and total area
New York State was admitted into the Union July 26 1788 and is the 11th state
after a hundred or so years of people moving to New York last decade or so is
seen a slowdown in that migration in the last several years they've seen a shift
and now are losing more people than they gained they're currently the third most
moved out of state in the United States now that doesn't mean people aren't
still moving there it's a great state with great opportunities and great
people you could be one of them but before you move to the Empire State
maybe you should watch my top ten reasons not to move to New York
number ten rude people New York has always had the stereotype of having very
rude residents majority of this you will find in the cities but you'd also find
it throughout the state to now to most people this does seem rude but really
it's just they have a very direct way of interacting with each other Outsiders do
see this as abrasive and it takes a while to get used to just be prepared
number nine accents New Yorkers have some of the deepest thickest accents in
the States this accent also feeds into the stereotypes of them being rude New
York speakers have some unique conversational styles linguistic
professor Deborah Tanner noted in a New York Times article that New Yorkers
stand closer talk louder and leave shorter pauses between exchanges most of
the country sees this is rude New Yorkers just see it as the way they
communicate number eight the garbage plate now this one isn't as much a
reason not to move to the state as me letting you know what the hell someone's
talking about if you hear this in your near Rochester the garbage plate is not
what you think this is food and no not discarded food
like the name implies this is actually something people enjoy it refers very
specifically to a prepared entree consisting primarily of the following
hot dogs without buns hamburgers without buns steak pork chops sausage ham fish
or eggs and processed potatoes and processed beans they just throw all this
stuff on a plate for you and serve it to you expect you to pay for it now what's
really strange about this this is like a good thing for people from upstate New
York really I don't get it I had one once and I was not impressed but people
love it now other places do sell it but they can't use the name garbage plate
because the original place they've kind of it's kind of their things other
places have other names for but it's the same idea
number seven crime rate in New York the crime rate is very high it always has
been most of this obviously being from the major cities but they still have a
solid amount throughout the state the United States as a whole has seen a five
percent decrease in overall crime rate however New York has experienced a four
percent overall increase that's not a good sign
number six snow New York doesn't just get snow it gets dumped on in fact data
shows Rochester's the snowiest city in the entire country they averaged about a
hundred inches a year a lot of snow now that is much higher
than let's say Manhattan which only saw about 26 inches in 2017 but still that
makes for a very very cold winter and rough to get around look into each area
before you buy a house and check the snowfall totals and keep in mind when
you're closer to water the lakes especially you're gonna get more snow
number five New York City New York City is a great city probably the most
important city on the planet it is a great city and it is a great big city
and like all giant cities it has its problems it has such bad stats it brings
the rest of the state down it's almost like you have two sets of stats for New
York you have New York State stats and New York State stats with New York City
it looks like there's an asterisk in the stat book for it New York City has high
crime stats bad neighborhoods high cost of living housing everything is a bad
stat for this place except opportunity plenty of opportunity in New York City
you just got to go out and grab it
number four tourists New York is filled with tourists any time of the year any
time of the day you can't swing a dead rat without hitting one tickets to see
the Statue of Liberty need to be bought months in advance Times Square is like
Disneyland on a busy day sneak it into KC nice Nats building is getting crowded
yeah actually KC nystatin cage don't know is
a really big youtuber and some dude a couple weeks ago decided to sneak into
his building and like waited for him out in front of his office like
early-morning time total dick move don't do that don't find out where your
favorite YouTube star is and try and ambush them to beg for help for your
channel that's like stalking and it makes you
look weird alright moving on if you even are able to get to the top of the Empire
State Building it will be shouldered shoulder crowded like 3.5 million people
visit the Empire State Building every single year and Casey Neistat is not one
of them so don't even try there number three traffic New York City is the third
most congested city in the world not just the United States in the world New
Yorkers spend an average of 91 hours in traffic a year that's five hours shy of
spending four days of the year in traffic now like so many other stats New
York City is a major factor in this one and I get it stop typing but the other
cities Buffalo Rochester Syracuse they get it pretty bad too traffic just sucks
in New York State in general let's get out to the farmland
number two cost of living the cost of living in New York is 25% higher than
the national average which means you would have to make a hundred twenty five
thousand to have the same standard of living someone in Colorado does on
sixty-five thousand or someone in Mississippi making minimum wage again
the city brings down this stat a lot but most of this state is well above the
national average costs a lot to live in New York it costs crazy amounts to live
in New York City and number one taxes taxes in New York are nuts as if the
cost of living wasn't killing your bank account already you have some of the
highest taxes in the country to finish it off now there's a lot of ins and outs
and taxes are very complicated but I'm gonna very much broad-stroke this one
for you just to give you an idea what you're looking at the effective income
tax rate in New York is above five percent for an individual and above six
percent for a couple New York allows localities to impose their own income
tax and the average there is about two percent more the average state and local
sales tax is eight point four percent gas taxes and fees are forty four cents
per gallon now it varies by county but that's about the average property taxes
are the temped highest in the u.s. the state tax on cigarettes is four dollars
and thirty five cents per pack the highest in the US and New York City New
York City actually tax on another buck fifty on top of that that's crazy why
anyone would want to live here with these taxes and cost living is beyond me
now if you make tons and tons of money yeah then by all means it's probably the
greatest place to be but if you don't make that kind of money you probably
want to look elsewhere and I get we need taxes but come on this states out of
control I thought California was bad all right so that's the top ten reasons not
to move to New York I hope you guys enjoyed it don't forget hit all those
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