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I was born and raised in Upstate New York. I left when I joined the Navy after high school. I was lucky to have been stationed in Western New York for a few years, and my wife and I loved the area. I also spent a good number of years in Maine. When I retired from the Navy we considered moving back to either Maine or WNY, but employment brought me to Virginia where we have been ever since. Now, Virginia politics and policies are getting just like New York. Now that the kids are grown and on their own we are looking at moving to a more rural area of Virginia (Highland County). Would have liked to return to NY, but just didn't work out.