The Official Argue About Where Upstate NY Is Thread

[Brownski]

There are people commuting into the city from way further up the line than Putnam. I know people in the nether reaches of Dutchess County that daily, or at least a few days a week, commute all the way into the city, some from as far as the end of the line in Wassaic. There's no way you can call that downstate.

Orange County as well. It’s hard to imagine that Newburgh isn’t upstate.

[wooley12]

House of Guitars is in Upstate. Or WNY?

[ötzi]

There are people commuting into the city from way further up the line than Putnam. I know people in the nether reaches of Dutchess County that daily, or at least a few days a week, commute all the way into the city, some from as far as the end of the line in Wassaic. There's no way you can call that downstate.

I just looked it up and nobody lives in Wassaic.

But if they did, it would be an 87-mile almost 2-hour drive to Central Park, . I don't know what it is but it's not the City.

On the other hand I knew a NYC cop who lived in Poughkeepsie and commuted every day and Wassaic's not that far from Poughkeepsie, so who knows.

[Benny Profane]

There are people commuting into the city from way further up the line than Putnam. I know people in the nether reaches of Dutchess County that daily, or at least a few days a week, commute all the way into the city, some from as far as the end of the line in Wassaic. There's no way you can call that downstate.

I do. That's my rule. Commute, downstate.

[Benny Profane]

I just looked it up and nobody lives in Wassaic.

But if they did, it would be an 87-mile almost 2-hour drive to Central Park, . I don't know what it is but it's not the City.

On the other hand I knew a NYC cop who lived in Poughkeepsie and commuted every day and Wassaic's not that far from Poughkeepsie, so who knows.

There are thousands. Now, we can get into commuters from east Pa., But, we won't.

[Benny Profane]

House of Guitars is in Upstate. Or WNY?

Rochester may as well be Canada.

[huckbucket]

Since were arguing here, drop the the P from Binghamton. Bing-um-ton.

I thought Benny was including the p for effect.

[huckbucket]

House of Guitars is in Upstate. Or WNY?

It's like you're all taunting me. W-E-S-T-E-R-N bitches

[ötzi]

I thought Benny was including the p for effect.

In Benny's defense, I get Binghamton and Bridgehampton mixed up all the time too, they're such similar places.

[half-fast]

It's like you're all taunting me. W-E-S-T-E-R-N bitches

Western is part of upstate

[riser4]

Western is part of upstate

Hehe. Huck's head gonna esplode.

[hatchgreenchile]

Geezus, 500+ posts and we are going backward.
Upstate - everything in NY that isn't part of the NYC bubble. I nominated I-84 as the boundary...so ~60 miles from NYC.
Upstate can be broken apart into further sub regions...WNY, Finger Lakes, CNY, 'Daks, Catskills, Mohawk Valley, etc.

[Benny Profane]

I like that.

[EWG]

Just drove through a fuckload of boring nothingness between Albany and Syracuse.

Is that the amazing “upstate” y’all are laying claim to?

I’ll take the Adirondacks any day. That’s some beautiful scenery

“Fuckload of Nothingness.”

That’s fantastic. That might make a good regional slogan. Welcome to central NY, the proud fuckload of nothingness.”

[EWG]

Lol. I’m not from there. I don’t live there. #mcmurtry

But if they called it the lederhosen region it might help tourism.

The drndl and big titties and large mugs of beer would help tourism

Dude. There’s large mugs of beer already. At one point Utica had the largest number of bars per capita in the US.

Plus the only ski lift chair inside city limits in the US.

Fun combination that keeps the hospital at the bottom of the ski lift busy.

[half-fast]

Geezus, 500+ posts and we are going backward.
Upstate - everything in NY that isn't part of the NYC bubble. I nominated I-84 as the boundary...so ~60 miles from NYC.
Upstate can be broken apart into further sub regions...WNY, Finger Lakes, CNY, 'Daks, Catskills, Mohawk Valley, etc.

This is the correct answer

[Brownski]

Geezus, 500+ posts and we are going backward.
Upstate - everything in NY that isn't part of the NYC bubble. I nominated I-84 as the boundary...so ~60 miles from NYC.
Upstate can be broken apart into further sub regions...WNY, Finger Lakes, CNY, 'Daks, Catskills, Mohawk Valley, etc.

84 east of the Hudson and Harriman/Bear Mountain Park to the west maybe. That makes more sense to me.

[glademaster]

Geezus, 500+ posts and we are going backward.
Upstate - everything in NY that isn't part of the NYC bubble. I nominated I-84 as the boundary...so ~60 miles from NYC.
Upstate can be broken apart into further sub regions...WNY, Finger Lakes, CNY, 'Daks, Catskills, Mohawk Valley, etc.

We aren't going backwards, we've come full circle.

[Benny Profane]

We aren't going backwards, we've come full circle.

Yeah, but where is the beginning and end? Rockland, or Rochester?

[half-fast]

A lot of manhattanites think anything beyond yonkers is upstate

[retirwntm]

A lot of New Yorkers think above 14th street is where thar be dragons.


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[Core Shot]

We aren't going backwards, we've come full CIRCLE JERK.

FIFY

[riser4]

FIFY

Who invited you? I can see the North Country from my front yard.

[rideit]

Ok, we have beaten the horse. Now can we discuss regional pizza styles?
Have any of you had a Luna Pie from Syracuse?

[Powder Ho]

Ok, we have beaten the horse. Now can we discuss regional pizza styles?
Have any of you had a Luna Pie from Syracuse?

How about a Bocce Club pizza from Buffalo?