Why does the character George Altman in Suburgatory choose to move from New York City to upstate New York ?
Slow population growth in the 1990s led legislators to eliminate two upstate House districts in the 2002 reapportionment and leave all downstate districts alone , hence , the influence of upstate in Congress has faded from the days in which Jack Kemp , Barber Conable , and Sam Stratton were prominent House leaders .