The Official Argue About Where Upstate NY Is Thread

[Brownski]

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.

It’s hard to tell but I think that puts Windham in the Capital District, which seems odd also. And Yonkers is in the mid Hudson?

[gravitylover]

I think of south of I84 as LoHud, mid is from there to somewhere around Saratoga.

[Brownski]

I think of south of I84 as LoHud, mid is from there to somewhere around Saratoga.

I agree on the lohud region. Would you make the Capitol District a subregion of the mid Hudson or just eliminate it?

[gravitylover]

Sub region.

[Brownski]

Stopped To pee at the Capital Region Welcome Center on the Thruway (which was just opened a year or so ago, directly across from an existing rest stop) and noticed this on my way out.



Does this clear things up or just add to the discord?

[BmillsSkier]

Stopped To pee at the Capital Region Welcome Center on the Thruway (which was just opened a year or so ago, directly across from an existing rest stop) and noticed this on my way out.



Does this clear things up or just add to the discord?

That seems like a lot of bathrooms in one place on the highway.

Anyway, I appears the State has recognized that Ohio and Pennsylvania have cannibalized the Southern Tier and renamed it Chautauqua-Allegheny.

[EWG]

That seems like a lot of bathrooms in one place on the highway.

Anyway, I appears the State has recognized that Ohio and Pennsylvania have cannibalized the Southern Tier and renamed it Chautauqua-Allegheny.

Same with Buffalo being Greater Niagara, joining it with Canada.

[gravitylover]

That seems like a lot of bathrooms in one place on the highway.

Anyway, I appears the State has recognized that Ohio and Pennsylvania have cannibalized the Southern Tier and renamed it Chautauqua-Allegheny.

They should rename it Surprisingly Good Mountain Biking

[m2711c]

always a cloudy day in the upstates......

[BmillsSkier]

Great pics. All evergreens now? Surely y’all can’t be still in color given where we are here at elevation (early/mid-color)

[m2711c]

leaves are done in the high peaks, still some nice color in the valleys, but it's fading fast....

[frorider]

Can you experts confirm that Keith operated upstate?

Keith Raniere, who ran a cult-like group that kept women as virtual sex prisoners to service him in upstate New York, was sentenced to 120 years in prison on Tuesday.

Raniere was convicted on federal sex trafficking, racketeering and possession of child pornography charges last year for his role in the alleged sex cult called NXIVM (pronounced "nexium").

[Brownski]

Can you experts confirm that Keith operated upstate?

Oh yeah, absolutely. Frankly I’m surprised there aren’t more sex cults operating upstate

[BmillsSkier]

These upstate sex cults you speak of, assuming they’re totally consensual for all involved, that might be enough to convince me to ditch Asheville for the fall EC mountain trip for somewhere Upstate.

Sounds a lot spicier to borrow a term from our Mountain West friends.

[m2711c]

i do believe it was the nonconsensualality that lead to the demise of this particular cult

[BmillsSkier]

i do believe it was the nonconsensualality that lead to the demise of this particular cult

See... always the jerks ruining sex cults for the rest of us.

Thanks a lot Keith from Upstate.

[riser4]

Like I said up-thread, upstate is a state of mind.

[Brownski]

Careful what you wish for. I always assumed real life orgies (and sex cults too, I guess) would be like nude beaches- too many folks you wouldn’t ever want to see naked wandering into the shot. An orgy in upstate NY just about guarantees it.

[BmillsSkier]

Actually brings up a good question: what would you name your upstate orgy cult?

Utica Club has got to be a front runner.

[Brownski]

Actually brings up a good question: what would you name your upstate orgy cult?

Utica Club has got to be a front runner.

That’s good but I’m naming my sex cult Genesee Cream

[huckbucket]

That’s good but I’m naming my sex cult Genesee Cream

Topic ender.

Headquarters (in the basement):

[BC.]

Stopped To pee at the Capital Region Welcome Center on the Thruway (which was just opened a year or so ago, directly across from an existing rest stop) and noticed this on my way out.



Does this clear things up or just add to the discord?

That’s my 2 hour stop and piss spot on my way from PA to VT.....totally recommend their pissers.....

[Brownski]

That’s my 2 hour stop and piss spot on my way from PA to VT.....totally recommend their pissers.....

Not bad for a deuce either- or shopping for local artisanal hot sauces or maple candies or whatnot.

[BmillsSkier]

That’s good but I’m naming my sex cult Genesee Cream

Not bad for a deuce either- or shopping for local artisanal hot sauces or maple candies or whatnot.

I can’t argue with the first and I’m intrigued by the second.

[Benny Profane]

Can you experts confirm that Keith operated upstate?

That's not upstate. It's a neutral zone anchored by Albany.