Upstate Appalachia

Eliot Spitzer, the new governor of New York, wants to do something about the region known as Upstate New York. That area has been hit hard in recent decades by manufacturing job losses. Young folks in search of careers are moving out. Sounds familiar, don’t it?

U.S. News and World Report’s take on it is here.

The Rochester Democrat & Chronicle recently reported on Spitzer’s latest proposals here.

Or try this one from the Albany Times-Union.

Sad to say, some folks in Upstate New York took offense when Spitzer likened them to Appalachia.

Jerks.

Anyway, maybe we can work together somehow. Upstate New York and many parts of Appalachia appear to have the same problem: The people who decide where new jobs go apparently don't like either place. Maybe we have a common solution.

As long as folks in Appalachia don't get offended when someone says we remind them of Upstate New York.