The Simpsons skewers Upstate New York

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Anonymous wrote:To this MD dwelling, PA native, it seems that they call every part of New York that isn’t NYC Upstate NY. Never made any sense to me!

As a non-New Yorker, what is considered Upstate then? I honestly thought every part that wasn't within normal commuting distance of NYC was upstate.

Technically, it's NY state that's divided into different regions. NYC, Long Island, and Hudson Valley are Downstate NY. The rest of NY state is considered upstate which is further subdivided into the regions of Central NY, Western NY, North Country, Southern Tier, Capital District, Finger Lakes, Mohawk Valley.

Yup.

[Anonymous]

I loved it! I lived in Troy (the troylet) in the early 90s.

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I went to Cornell in Ithaca, which could be “central NY” per that map above. But I say I went to school in “Upstate NY”- I cannot recall if others said the same, but they must have, if I was saying it, no?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:To this MD dwelling, PA native, it seems that they call every part of New York that isn’t NYC Upstate NY. Never made any sense to me!

Agree.
Also what threw me off was when I did a clerkship in Syracuse, when people there said I went to the City, or in the City they do this, it meant NYC.

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Anonymous wrote:Ouch! Lived in Syracuse for 9 years and believe it or not loved it but that is not untrue.

On another note, people who live in northern New York get a little sensitive about calling places like Syracuse (Central New York) and Buffalo (Western New York) upstate New York.

And don't even get them started on places like Binghamton, which is technically Western NY.

Nope. Binghamton native. It's the dead dead central. Western NYers are Bills fans. Binghamton is Giants country. It helps the split a lot.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:To this MD dwelling, PA native, it seems that they call every part of New York that isn’t NYC Upstate NY. Never made any sense to me!

As a non-New Yorker, what is considered Upstate then? I honestly thought every part that wasn't within normal commuting distance of NYC was upstate.

Technically, it's NY state that's divided into different regions. NYC, Long Island, and Hudson Valley are Downstate NY. The rest of NY state is considered upstate which is further subdivided into the regions of Central NY, Western NY, North Country, Southern Tier, Capital District, Finger Lakes, Mohawk Valley.

Yup.

This is right

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Can someone explain the characters at 1:23 in?
I get the opioids and lotto tickets but what’s with the rest?
A coin?, a dressed up racoon and orange thing (a basketball maybe ?)

Orange thing is, I assume, a reference to Syracuse U.

Yes it is.

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I’m from Long Island. To me, anything north of NYC and its burbs was “upstate.”

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Can someone explain the characters at 1:23 in?
I get the opioids and lotto tickets but what’s with the rest?
A coin?, a dressed up racoon and orange thing (a basketball maybe ?)

FDR on the dime is from Hyde Park, NY
Roni the raccoon was the mascot from the Lake Placid Olympics.
Orange is Syracuse Orangemen

not sure about the borscht...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I loved it! I lived in Troy (the troylet) in the early 90s.

I went to high school in Troylet!!! Better than Amsterdump, but still not great.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Can someone explain the characters at 1:23 in?
I get the opioids and lotto tickets but what’s with the rest?
A coin?, a dressed up racoon and orange thing (a basketball maybe ?)

FDR on the dime is from Hyde Park, NY
Roni the raccoon was the mascot from the Lake Placid Olympics.
Orange is Syracuse Orangemen

not sure about the borscht...

Borscht Belt
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Borscht_Belt

I’m in Syracuse now and the video is making me laugh!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Ha! Pretty funny. Buffalo does close down early, and they get a shit ton of snow. I once did a 180 on the interstate in Buffalo. Luckily there was no one around to hit me.

Essex, NY on Lake Champlain felt extremely isolated and dead when I was there. I was happy that we were boating back to Burlington.

No, PP. Buffalo shuts down between 2 and 4 am.

Sad you did not grab a drink and wings after your 180.

Amazing you think you are the expert on all things New York.

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Anonymous wrote:I loved it! I lived in Troy (the troylet) in the early 90s.

I went to high school in Troylet!!! Better than Amsterdump, but still not great.

Heard it was hipsterville now days. Huge farmers market.