New Yorkers under 30 plan to flee city, says new poll; cite high taxes, few jobs as reasons

NY Daily News:

ALBANY - Escape from New York is not just a movie - it's also a state of mind.

A new Marist College poll shows that 36% of New Yorkers under the age of 30 are planning to leave New York within the next five years - and more than a quarter of all adults are planning to bolt the Empire State.

The NY Post offers its own opinion of this news:

That's no surprise, actually. New York leads the nation in state and local levies, with property taxes right at the top:

* The 15 counties with highest property taxes in the nation, as a percentage of home value, are all in New York.

* Nassau and Westchester are the two most heavily taxed counties in America, in absolute dollars.

* The state's median property tax is almost double that of the nation.

Meanwhile, the huge burden on businesses -- which pay five times as much in property taxes as in corporate-income taxes -- drives away investors. And jobs.

With workers, particularly young ones, not far behind.

In 1980, New York had 41 electoral votes to Florida's 17. Now both states are tied at 29. But the NY parasite class is so entrenched that there's virtually no hope the state or NYC will change its ways even after it becomes the next Michigan.