Should have done this a long time ago

Dense urban areas tend more towards progressive liberalism. Don't know which causes what but the effect is plain to see. From the Washington Times:

Secession movement in New York pushes for Big Apple to split from Upstate
When Frank Sinatra sang �New York, New York,� he may have been on to something.

A movement is afoot to split New York into two regions � upstate and downstate � to acknowledge the gaping philosophical differences and improve representation.

�I�ve lived in New York all my life, and upstate and downstate have two different philosophies of life,� said John Bergener, an Albany County resident and organizer of the two New Yorks effort. �And it seems like they�re always in conflict.�

Campaigns for �secession� or a 51st state have been on the rise since the 2012 presidential election � see California, Colorado and Maryland � but the New York movement has a twist.

The unfortunate thing is that the cities will have more people so whatever the voters in the city support will be forced on the other residents of the state, whether it is good for them or not. This is even true on a county level where the 82,000 people of Bellingham and the 15,000 students at Western Washington University have put into place rulings that are detrimental to the rest of Whatcom County.