Where exactly is upstate New York

[Anonymous]

I am from Buffalo and always say I'm from Western NY. If someone says upstate New York, I know they are a NYC area person. In my experience people from other parts of the state will say something more specific. It's a large state. Saying upstate NY is pretty meaningless other than to indicate you're not talking about NYC area.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:NY has three parts:

The City
The Island
Upstate

I grew up in Utica -- within NY state, we always referred to ourselves as "central NY" and that was the accepted region to other NYers.

But once I moved outside of the state, I started saying "upstate."

[Anonymous]

Rye is even considered upstate

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My dad is from Binghamton. He has always told people he is from “upstate NY.”

Well Bing is upstate

[Anonymous]

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.

+1
Having lived in Buffalo though, I'd say that's Western NY, but only if Upstate is questioned. Truth is, no one thinks of anything outside NYC.

[Anonymous]

North of Westchester county