City slickers are using VT as their virus hideout

witch hobble wrote

Harvey wrote

I see VT plates here, on some pretty fancy cars.  Doctors and lawyers trying to save on car insurance?

Maybe it's obvious, this issue triggers me.

You’re probably pre-disposed to seeing the green plates.

And, I’m sorry to say......and don’t want to further trigger you.....but in the hierarchy of out of state plates, yours would rank almost universally low 🤷🏼‍♂️ across wide swathes of the country. Again......very sorry.

New Jersey.  Only the strong survive.  A lot of my training happens near a Superfund site.

Harv I agree, there are vehicles with VT and FL tags here, but the license plate frame they were bought from Ray Catena in Edison NJ.

Harvey wrote

Maybe it's obvious, this issue triggers me.

It is really divisive up here.

In my camp director friend's case, if people knew the back story they would be wanting to give him a hug and write him a cheque. The loss of a summer camp season is devastating to a camp not only financially but emotionally for their staff and family community. Think about this: in 106 years of operation, covering two world wars and a variety of other calamitous world events, this is the first time his camp has had to close for a season.

It is also a huge hit to the local communities who support the camps in their area through supplies, staffing, and much more. For our business alone, it will be somewhere in the neighbourhood of a quarter-million dollars in lost revenue from camps not buying equipment, renting canoes and camping gear, hiring guides, sending their staff on shopping expeditions, etc., etc.

witch hobble wrote

Harvey wrote

I see VT plates here, on some pretty fancy cars.  

You’re probably pre-disposed to seeing the green plates.

Don’t you think this is what’s happening with NY and NJ plates in New England? That’s my point more or less. License plates don’t mean anything.

Well, they do, sometimes. The reason you see Florida plates on some cars in Ct., and other states in the region is because Florida has no state income tax, and doesnt tax cars as property, like they do here in Ct.. You have to live there more than 50% of the year, though.

I get it, forums are for trolling. Is it possible you believe you are telling me something I don't know? Part of the mission of NYSB is to bridge the divide, I'm fully aware of the prejudice.

The air quality in NNJ is a big part of the standard troll.  One of the biggest causes of that is the refining that happens in Elizabeth. It's a "logical" spot because it's so close to the port of Newark where the tankers come in. If you'd like to pay to get your fossil fuel from somewhere else (next closest spot is Illinois I think?) I'm ok with that.

NJ has a lot going for it, and I'm more fond of it than I was 10 years ago. The amount of open space in such a dense state is admirable. That doesn't come cheap, and resident consistently prioritize it in referendums.

As previously stated, I'm also proud to call Johnsburg my second home. I feel welcome there.

Hey, maybe when NYC splits off from the rest of the NY it can take the “armpit of NY” portions along I-95 that give Jersey a bad name with them?  Would give the added benefit of having the Jets/Giants actually be NY teams.  The vast majority of NJ is beautiful.  They don’t call it the Garden State for nuthin’!

JTG4eva! wrote

Hey, maybe when NYC splits off from the rest of the NY it can take the “armpit of NY” portions along I-95 that give Jersey a bad name with them?  Would give the added benefit of having the Jets/Giants actually be NY teams.  The vast majority of NJ is beautiful.  They don’t call it the Garden State for nuthin’!

I like this idea. I assume downstate/northeast NJ will be called New York. What should we call upstate?

Brownski wrote

License plates don’t mean anything.

As I said in a previous post, they really do for a lot of people. They are geographical markers, if not cultural markers.  

Cars are the ppe (or sometimes a forcefield) that we wear when we travel, either to familiar places or to new places.  And a license plate is like a postmark on an envelope. Or a prominent tattoo. It’s there for a reason, but also there for people to notice. And they do.  

Jeez Harv. Obviously this really does trigger you. Not everything is a troll. And if you had to call someone out every time something self evident or redundant was smugly posted on this forum, you’d be even busier than you already are.

Aside from a couple Action Park trips, a Dead show, a Red Wings-Devils game, and one really drunk night in Hoboken, I don’t know shit about New Jersey.  But I’ve guided people from there down rivers, splinted their Injuries on the sides of ski trails, and even rented apartments to them. So I’d like to think I help bridge the divide too......even if I’m also a wise ass.

re;I like this idea. I assume downstate/northeast NJ will be called New York. What should we call upstate?

- How about New New York?

Just Upstate

That works

Upstate without NYC is North Alabama.

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Milo Maltbie wrote

Upstate without NYC is North Alabama.

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Pennsyltuckytier

Milo Maltbie wrote

Upstate without NYC is North Alabama.

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And without a top line college football team.

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Milo Maltbie wrote

Milo Maltbie wrote

Upstate without NYC is North Alabama.

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And without a top line college football team.

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Or top NFL team for that matter.

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Milo Maltbie wrote

Upstate without NYC is North Alabama.

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I do remember reading someplace that upstate would be the poorest state in the country if it were separated from metro.

Passed this van on my way home Monday after a fun weekend in the ADKs:

Milo Maltbie wrote

Milo Maltbie wrote

Milo Maltbie wrote

Upstate without NYC is North Alabama.

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And without a top line college football team.

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Or top NFL team for that matter.

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You guys are forgetting the Bills, and Syracuse basketball.

Harvey wrote

I see VT plates here, on some pretty fancy cars.  Doctors and lawyers trying to save on car insurance?

Maybe it's obvious, this issue triggers me.

The sales tax on cars purchased and registered in VT used to be something like 5% or $250.00, which ever was less. This drove people who purchased expensive cars to figure out how to register the cars in VT. I knew of a lawyer (NJ resident) who registered his Porsche Turbo at the Sugarbush Access Road and got a Post Office Box near Sugarbush for mail. He did not own any property in VT, but he was a seasonal renter at Sugarbush. The sales tax choice no longer exists.

Benny Profane wrote

You guys are forgetting the Bills, and Syracuse basketball.

No I’m not.

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