Go ahead.  Leave.  Take control of your subway.  The people upstate will take this.  Better get started on that desalination plant.<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Rondout_Reservoir" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Rondout_Reservoir</a> (75 miles upstate)<p>From Vancouver to Ancient Rome, every city in the world thinks it is somehow better managed than its hinterlands.  City dwellers forget their urban lifestyle relies on a constant stream of resources from elsewhere.  New York sends money upstate.  Upstate sends water.  You cannot drink money.  If the economic and political ties were cut I know where I&#x27;d rather be.