The Official Argue About Where Upstate NY Is Thread

I've been there! I didn't mean to it just kind of happened.

yeah, there’s no real reason to go there, but for some reason tons of fucking people end up there anyways every goddamn night.

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Originally Posted by gravitylover

I've been there! I didn't mean to it just kind of happened.

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Check out the rest of the list. Props, Willowvale hotel - there are some classics.

Solid list.

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Originally Posted by m2711c

yeah, there’s no real reason to go there, but for some reason tons of fucking people end up there anyways every goddamn night.

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I needed to pee and wanted a beer and there it was. I peed, drank a beer and continued on my way.

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Originally Posted by buttahflake

I’ve started giving the bird to NY plates again, just like in April. Stay the fuck home

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Isn't your career choice servicing tourists? How's that going to work out?

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Originally Posted by BmillsSkier

Benny said the NYC Metro includes DC and Boston.

But really that’s another thread guys.

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I was probably inebriated.

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Originally Posted by Benny Profane

Isn't your career choice servicing tourists? How's that going to work out?

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He's conflicted.

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Originally Posted by Benny Profane

I was probably inebriated.

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No one here will ever hold that against you.

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Originally Posted by Benny Profane

I would just start coughing a lot if some Super Trooper was so bored he had to pull me over.

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Littering and...? Littering and...?

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Originally Posted by Benny Profane

I was probably inebriated.

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Originally Posted by BmillsSkier

No one here will ever hold that against you.

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This does seem to be a safe space for a certain segment of the population

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Originally Posted by gravitylover

I've been there! I didn't mean to it just kind of happened.

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That’s how the best dive bars work.

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Originally Posted by Brownski

This does seem to be a safe space for a certain segment of the population

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We’re an accepting bunch.

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Originally Posted by riser3

Littering and...? Littering and...?

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Hey don't create a nuisance man.

Let's just forget for a moment that there's a website called newyorkupstate.com, and focus on how this poor thing probably isnt't going to end well.

https://www.newyorkupstate.com/thous...JC1d7z_JFEp_Pc

I did not know that ABasin has a castle.

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Originally Posted by BmillsSkier

We’re an accepting bunch.

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now that is some bullshit.
we are accepting of inebriation, poor decisions that lean towards fun in all areas of life, buying too much gear, regional disparities in most things, husky latin women, etc.
but we tolerate no malarky.
and especially no " ski the fast line slow" type gibberish

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Originally Posted by Woodsy

now that is some bullshit.
we are accepting of inebriation, poor decisions that lean towards fun in all areas of life, buying too much gear, regional disparities in most things, husky latin women, etc.
but we tolerate no malarky.
and especially no " ski the fast line slow" type gibberish

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Stopping on the traverse is likely the cardinal sin.

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Originally Posted by ötzi

Hey don't create a nuisance man.

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Littering and smokin' the reefer!

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Originally Posted by EWG

You have to stop confusing terms. Southern NY is too close to Southern Tier. Southern Tier is part of Upstate. See map. It's just a sub region. Mid Hudson is just NYC suburbs - not part of upstate. Capitol Region, Mohawk Valley, and Central NY are all clearly and firmly Upstate along with Southern Tier. Western NY is Ohio. Or Canada. Whatever. No one cares, but it's one of those two. North Country is also disputed - it's either Canada, Northern NY or Upstate, but again no one gives a hoot about the 117,000 cows and 47 people that live there as long as the Adirondacks are open for visitors, so the disagreement is largely academic.

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I say it's time to stop the senseless bloodbath and violence and move on from the geography to instead talk about what really makes upstate Upstate. It's not a place as much as a state of mind. Things like the Breakaway Lounge, the #2 dive bar in the Utica area per this definitive list:

https://lite987.com/best-dive-bars-in-the-utica-area/

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I always hated what they defined as southern tier. It ignores the actual geometry of the state.

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Originally Posted by grskier

I always hated what they defined as southern tier. It ignores the actual geometry of the state.

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What do you propose as a new name for the Southern Tier?

"outstate"

I like calling it the 17 corridor even though most of it is I86 now. The road is definitely not Interstate quality and doesn't deserve the designation.

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Originally Posted by gravitylover

I like calling it the 17 corridor even though most of it is I86 now. The road is definitely not Interstate quality and doesn't deserve the designation.

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These signs always crack me up. When for chrissakes?
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Some sections are already up to standard but most definitely aren't. They're working on Upstate time... It is a really pretty road though and there's never any traffic other than through Binghamton. I use it as often as possible if I'm heading to Western NY.

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Originally Posted by EWG

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Old Forge Mohawk Valley?
Rochester Finger Lakes?
Gore Mountain Capital District?
This list goes on.

Problem really stems from being married to county lines.

This map has issues. I have issues with this map. And yea I admit I have issues too.

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Originally Posted by Harvey44

Old Forge Mohawk Valley?

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I thought that was weird too. But we are working the macro view here, man.

Should we meet at Prop's to get this figured out?