Get Out of New York, If You Can

My parents’ parents were born and lived in New York. My parents were born and lived in New York. I was born and grew up in New York, went to college in New York, and returned to New York after law school for a decade. My children were born in New York. Some of my grandchildren were born in New York. I work in New York and live part of the year in New York.

At one time, I even had an “I ♥ NY” t-shirt.

Now I’m counting down the years until I retire from Cornell and can leave New York completely and for good, never to look back.

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