I hate New York

As the days go by, I find myself growing with hatred for the state of New York.

I recently was searching around the internet and found that the U.S census voted New York as one of the worse states to live in: I think I know why.

From the people, to the government and politics, New York is shit hole of a state to live in. Not only do we have a poor health insurance system, lots of crime, no good public transportation systems (except in the City) and insanely over priced everything, but we also have when the worse education systems in the country and the only state in the union that has "Regents." I'm so glad that I stumbled upon some colleges and universities in Boston that have a good reputation for what I want to major in. I'm so tired of living here. But for me, it's not so much as my surroundings that really get to me, but it's the people that really piss me off!

In the area of New York that I live in (downstate, NYC metro area), it is very easy to drive to Connecticut or New Jersey because they're not so far away. Whenever my sister and I visit Connecticut (it's only 30 miles away) we also find that the people who live and work there also seem happier and nicer. I also experienced the same type of atmosphere when I was on vacation in New Jersey. My friends and I were going grocery shopping at a local Stop and Shop and went to go get some cold cuts at the deli. When we got there, we ended up having a really nice conversation with the butcher that was taking our order. He was just so nice and funny and just a great guy to talk with. While we were talking to him, I couldn't help myself but to think about how the same situation would NEVER happen back home in New York. It was extremely rare to find someone who isn't rude where I live let alone have a decent and friendly conversation with them!

Why is that New York has such horrible people living in it? Is it because the environment has caused everyone to be unhappy? High prices and bad education making everyone miserable? I know those things would make me not such a nice person.

But as I thought about it more and more, I found that it's not just people's attitudes and manners that are horrible in New York. It's also their general personalities. Everyone seems to be so stupid and awful. It's very rare to find someone that isn't retarded or into smoking pot all day and killing millions of brain cells. I also think that people try so hard to be things and to act a certain way that they start to loose sense of who they are as a person. Conformity at it's finest! No one has a personality anymore, it's all acts and morals of other people that just get past on from person to person. It's like some sort of sick heritage that gets past down to everyone that comes in contact with it. It angers me so much to be surrounded by such idiots and horrible human beings. Even COMEDY is copied! People don't even have their own sense of humor anymore, they just copy what other people find funny and then plant it into their subconsciouses. It's disgusting! I don't understand how people can endure it all their lives and not be pulling out their hair from the scalp.

Another thing that seems to be common in the citizens of this pathetic state is the lack of wanting to succeed in life. I am constantly reminded of this by my so-called "friends." Most of them seem to be content with living mediocre lives, working at Burger King, making minimum wage. This, to me, is one of the most low life, poor, garbage, worthless things I've ever heard of in my entire life. I think everyone should want to succeed in life, regardless of what their current position is. Why is it that I feel like I'm the only one who wants to get out of here and make something of themselves?

I really cannot wait until I get to move to Boston, that is, if I get accept to any of their colleges that I want to apply and transfer too. It would be one of the best decisions I've ever made in my life; to get out of this state and leave be hide all it's misery and it's pathetic citizens. I honestly think that no matter what I do here I'll never be able unless I leave New York. I can honestly feel it in my bones.