Anonymous
09/14/2025 13:20
Subject: Re:Where exactly is upstate New York
Anonymous wrote: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?
Probably, if it’s not on Long Island.
People from Long Island don't admit they are from New York (state or city). Ask them where they are from and it is always "The Island" or "Long Island".
Anonymous
09/14/2025 13:16
Subject: Re:Where exactly is upstate New York
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?
Probably, if it’s not on Long Island.
Anonymous
09/14/2025 13:14
Subject: Where exactly is upstate New York
My family would say anywhere north of the Newburgh-Beacon Bridge.
Anonymous
09/14/2025 13:08
Subject: Re:Where exactly is upstate New York
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?
Anonymous
09/14/2025 13:02
Subject: Re:Where exactly is upstate New York
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.
+1, Rochester native and I always said I was from upstate NY so that people wouldn’t assume I was from the NYC area. Western NY also works but I always went with upstate. If people asked where upstate, then I’d say western NY.
+1 I have family in Rochester and Syracuse and used to have a summer place in the Adirondacks. I am not familiar with people saying Western NY. Instead, they would just say the big city they live near.
Anonymous
09/14/2025 12:26
Subject: Where exactly is upstate New York
There is no "exact". It depends who you ask.
Anonymous
09/14/2025 12:23
Subject: Where exactly is upstate New York
If you live in the city it’s anything north of westchester. If you live in westchester or dutchess county, it’s Albany and up. If you live in Albany, it’s Syracuse and Buffalo and Schenectady.
Anonymous
09/14/2025 12:14
Subject: Where exactly is upstate New York
You take the Major Deegan (I87) north through the Bronx. At the Yonkers line, it says "Thomas E. Dewey Thruway". You are now in upstate.
Anonymous
09/14/2025 10:56
Subject: Where exactly is upstate New York
Anything outside NYC. Those from Long Island will not say upstate New York, fyi
Anonymous
09/14/2025 10:55
Subject: Re:Where exactly is upstate New York
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, Rochester native and I always said I was from upstate NY so that people wouldn’t assume I was from the NYC area. Western NY also works but I always went with upstate. If people asked where upstate, then I’d say western NY.
Anonymous
09/14/2025 10:52
Subject: Where exactly is upstate New York
As a native on NYC, yes, it’s anything north of Westchester County.
Anonymous
09/14/2025 10:51
Subject: Re:Where exactly is upstate New York
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.
Anonymous
09/14/2025 10:43
Subject: Where exactly is upstate New York
I think of it as north of NYC. My family is from the Buffalo area…that’s western NY.
Anonymous
09/14/2025 10:40
Subject: Where exactly is upstate New York
I think of it as Albany and above
Anonymous
09/14/2025 10:39
Subject: Where exactly is upstate New York
Completely random thought here from an ignorant southerner. When people refer to upstate New York are they basically referring to any part or the state outside of the NYC metropolitan region or does it refer to a geographical area?