New York to split?  Upstate New York threatens to split from New
York City in late 2009. In the past, the Big Apple has tried to
extricate itself from it's less cosmopolitan neighbors to the
north—this proposal is unusual in that it originated upstate.
What would they name the new state? Upstate New York or West New
York or maybe The Real New York.     1. How about Mohican or
Tyendinaga?    2. If the city-region gets to keep the name New
York, then the rest of the state should be something Native
American. If the majority of the state gets to keep the name New
York, then the region around the city could be "New Amsterdam".
The problem is that tax money from all the rich people in NYC
pours into the rest of the state. I think we'll have to live
with people assuming that we're from the city.....even though
our neighbors are Amish.    3. They should in turn name New York
City Manhattan and New York, well New York! Interestingly if we
split off NYC as a seperate state New York and Kentucky would
share a shock