Nevada

[Ted$8roadFan]

Not to get too political, but Nevada also is a term limits state, so I think legislators have little incentive to think long term.   

[roadfro]

Not to get too political, but Nevada also is a term limits state, so I think legislators have little incentive to think long term. 

At least as far as state legislature, the term limit is 12 years for both the Assembly (two-year terms) and Senate (four-year terms). There is also a non-zero number of legislators that have termed out in the Assembly and then were elected to the Senate. So I don't necessarily agree that there's little incentive for long-term thinking from a term limits perspective.

What is more limiting, and could potentially induce less long-term thought, is that Nevada's legislature only meets every other year. So for Assembly members, it's essentially a one-and-done if they don't get re-elected.

[Scott5114]

For what it's worth, all of my interactions with the state government so far have been overwhelmingly positive. The lady I worked with at the DMV to get my license and registration transferred was probably the nicest government official I've ever worked with. I checked my voter registration and I'm in the system already, two days after registration—that's lightning-fast compared to what I was used to in Oklahoma.

[cl94]

Western government employees are shockingly nice by eastern standards. Of course, we're also (generally) paid well by eastern standards and often have better flexibility.

[Rothman]

Western government employees are shockingly nice by eastern standards. Of course, we're also (generally) paid well by eastern standards and often have better flexibility.

I've yet to have a bad experience at NYSDMV, but I only moved to NY after improvements were made twenty-plus years ago.