Anonymous wrote:My dad is from Binghamton and we go to Skaneateles every summer. I grew up down here (NoVA) and I remember him always telling people he was from "Upstate NY."

I’m technically from western NY and this is what I say too, unless the person knows NY state or asks. To most non-NYers, it’s all the same.

But I agree that anything within commuting distance to NYC should not be considered “upstate”.

My dad is from Binghamton and we go to Skaneateles every summer. I grew up down here (NoVA) and I remember him always telling people he was from "Upstate NY."

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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.

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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.

This is actually true but people get weird about requiring narrower regional names. I'm from the Southern Tier part of upstate and there I think it is rooted in resentment of the entire rest of the state only being considered in terms of NOT being NYC. There's an underdog complex.

Also it’s obnoxious to reference areas that people commute to NYC from as “upstate”. These are places that are essentially focused on NYC - it’s where people work, it’s their news stations and newspapers, it’s the reason they live there in the first place, so to be dismissed as “upstate”, as if they weren’t making sacrifices to have access to the city, is just myopic and ignorant.

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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.

This is actually true but people get weird about requiring narrower regional names. I'm from the Southern Tier part of upstate and there I think it is rooted in resentment of the entire rest of the state only being considered in terms of NOT being NYC. There's an underdog complex.

I lived in the Southern Tier for a few years and this was my impression as well and how I’d describe it. It’s all upstate, but within upstate there are regions.

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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.

This is actually true but people get weird about requiring narrower regional names. I'm from the Southern Tier part of upstate and there I think it is rooted in resentment of the entire rest of the state only being considered in terms of NOT being NYC. There's an underdog complex.

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!

same except dc dwelling, md native. my roomate was from white plains and would risk life and limb when other ny'ers would say she was from upstate!

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.

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 ?)

Anonymous wrote:All I know is I visited a school in the "North Country" which my child and felt like I drove off the edge of the earth.

But you're very close to Canada- only 1.5 hours to Ottawa and 3 hours to Montreal.

All I know is I visited a school in the "North Country" which my child and felt like I drove off the edge of the earth.

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.

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!

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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.

Ha! I'm from Western NY and am more bothered by places like Poughkeepsie being referred to as "upstate."

Westchester and above is "upstate".

This isnt really something to aspire to, ya know. Unless you live in Manhattan and are trying to throw shade on westchester.

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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.

Ha! I'm from Western NY and am more bothered by places like Poughkeepsie being referred to as "upstate."

Westchester and above is "upstate".

No, it is not. Places where people regularly commute to NYC are not “upstate”.

- Rockland native.

ROCKLAND?! ROCKLAND?!?!?! Hell, even Scarsdale is above the Bronx! Scarsdale is Upstate Light, and everything north is fully Upstate.

Lol ok.