Where exactly is upstate New York

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:As a native on NYC, yes, it’s anything north of Westchester County.

This is the only correct answer.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There is no "exact". It depends who you ask.

This is the only correct answer on here.

If it’s someone from NYC or LI, upstate is anything north of Westchester.

If you’re from hudson valley and around there, it’s Albany and up.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:As a native on NYC, yes, it’s anything north of Westchester County.

This is the only correct answer.

Wrong. Other people from Nys laugh when we say we are going ‘upstate’ to Woodstock. That’s downstate to most of NY

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I grew up in Syracuse which is technically central NY. When you say you grew up in NY, people usually think NYC, it's just easier to say upstate NY to indicate not NYC.

So would a town 50 miles outside of NYC be considered upstate NY?

No. That’s not far enough.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:As a native on NYC, yes, it’s anything north of Westchester County.

This is the only correct answer.

Wrong. Other people from Nys laugh when we say we are going ‘upstate’ to Woodstock. That’s downstate to most of NY

Except that at least half of the population of NYS live in NYC or LI. Most of NYS has more trees than people.

[Anonymous]

Hudson Valley is not upstate; north of Albany is upstate.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Anything outside NYC. Those from Long Island will not say upstate New York, fyi

Yes we do, but it’s north of Westchester. We have no natural sense of the geography of anything north of there. Except for college, why would we go?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:As a native on NYC, yes, it’s anything north of Westchester County.

This is the only correct answer.

Wrong. Other people from Nys laugh when we say we are going ‘upstate’ to Woodstock. That’s downstate to most of NY

How many times has this conversational exchange happened?

[Anonymous]

NY has three parts:

The City
The Island
Upstate

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Anything outside NYC. Those from Long Island will not say upstate New York, fyi

Yes we do, but it’s north of Westchester. We have no natural sense of the geography of anything north of there. Except for college, why would we go?

😂 I see what you did there.

[Anonymous]

Everything besides Long Island, NYC, and Westchester, Rockland and Putnam counties.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:NY has three parts:

The City
The Island
Upstate

This!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:As a native on NYC, yes, it’s anything north of Westchester County.

Orange County weighing in to say: no. North of Kingston is Upstate NY

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:NY has three parts:

The City
The Island
Upstate

This!

+2 Born and bred New Yorker here and this is basically how I view things.

[Anonymous]

It's wherever New England is