The Official Argue About Where Upstate NY Is Thread

[gravitylover]

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

The good rest areas have what they call A Taste of NY store where you can get a variety of locally made goods so cheese and maple stuff is a given.

[Brownski]

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

im pretty sure most of us would agree that Albany is upstate. It may be peak upstate frankly.

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

Well, you know, you can pee anywhere really but some things require a higher level of comfort...

[Benny Profane]

im pretty sure most of us would agree that Albany is upstate. It may be peak upstate frankly.

Fuck no. Taxpayer funded suburbia.

[BmillsSkier]

I love it. Just when you think we’re getting somewhere, here comes Hurricane Benny to wreck our worldview.

[gravitylover]

He's not wrong though. Other than a 5 sq block zone it's pretty much a waste of good arable land.

[Brownski]

Did you guys know that Albany is the nation’s best test market?
https://www.businesswire.com/news/ho...Top-150-Cities
It’s completely average in every measurable way. I remember when I worked at McDonalds as a teenager, we test-marketed the McRib before anybody else got it. I may be one of the first dozen or so McRib consumers in all of history.

[muted]

The good rest areas have what they call A Taste of NY store

That sounds like a great sex cult name, A Taste Of NY. Recruit at the rest areas by only giving them just A Taste.

[Brownski]

Fuck no. Taxpayer funded suburbia.

I feel like we’re saying the same thing

[ex-powderbroker]

is columbus ohio number 1?

of course albany is upstate too. it’s the capital of upstate, hence it being the capital of the damn state. and that rest area is sweet. i bet more adults have tested that little zip line than children. and the fresh single cup vending machines? black gold.

[Benny Profane]

Did you guys know that Albany is the nation’s best test market?
https://www.businesswire.com/news/ho...Top-150-Cities
It’s completely average in every measurable way. I remember when I worked at McDonalds as a teenager, we test-marketed the McRib before anybody else got it. I may be one of the first dozen or so McRib consumers in all of history.

I am not surprised at all. To me, Clifton Park is the height of mediocrity. They weren't researching the material desires of people of color, though.

In the three years of living in Saratoga Springs, I never had a reason to visit Albany, an easy half hour cruise. Except for the topless bars. They actually had topless bars, but, they were lame, too.

Traffic is the best in the northeast, though. Cruise right through Albany in rush hour.

[BmillsSkier]

is columbus ohio number 1?

of course albany is upstate too. it’s the capital of upstate, hence it being the capital of the damn state. and that rest area is sweet. i bet more adults have tested that little zip line than children. and the fresh single cup vending machines? black gold.

Yeah, Cbus is the #1 product test market in the country. It’s large enough, diverse enough and has a 100,000 student university population on top of being a capital and the biggest city in the state.

First saw Pepsi Clear there when I was a kid. Earth shaking.

Did you guys know that Albany is the nation’s best test market?
https://www.businesswire.com/news/ho...Top-150-Citiesw
It’s completely average in every measurable way. I remember when I worked at McDonalds as a teenager, we test-marketed the McRib before anybody else got it. I may be one of the first dozen or so McRib consumers in all of history.

This may need its own thread. Can someone ping James Piotrowski?

[Brownski]

is columbus ohio number 1?

of course albany is upstate too. it’s the capital of upstate, hence it being the capital of the damn state. and that rest area is sweet. i bet more adults have tested that little zip line than children. and the fresh single cup vending machines? black gold.

Columbus didn’t even make the list but 3 upstate cities did

makes me think that being totally average might be an upstate thing

[BmillsSkier]

From ‘09 so who knows but the adage was beat into my marketing friends in B School

https://www.npr.org/templates/story/...ryId=113795356

[Brownski]

From ‘09 so who knows but the adage was beat into my marketing friends in B School

https://www.npr.org/templates/story/...ryId=113795356

Nice. What the hell is CubeTV?

[BmillsSkier]

Nice. What the hell is CubeTV?

I was hoping someone from Columbus could tell us.

[Brownski]

Did you guys know that Albany is the nation’s best test market?
https://www.businesswire.com/news/ho...Top-150-Cities
It’s completely average in every measurable way. I remember when I worked at McDonalds as a teenager, we test-marketed the McRib before anybody else got it. I may be one of the first dozen or so McRib consumers in all of history.

This may need its own thread. Can someone ping James Piotrowski?

you may be right since I eventually ended getting electrocuted by the damned McRib marinator. I should have sued those fuckers

[ötzi]

The Egg in Albany is a pretty cool venue for small shows, a little weird but cool.

^^random Albany note.

[BmillsSkier]

you may be right since I eventually ended getting electrocuted by the damned McRib marinator. I should have sued those fuckers

You're in luck my friend. James Piotrowski is not only our foremost McRib expert, he's also an experienced litigator on the plaintiff side.

Just sit back and await the faux rib shaped dollars to roll in.

[rideit]

Columbus didn’t even make the list but 3 upstate cities did

makes me think that being totally average might be an upstate thing

Ballbany
Crotchfester
Buttfellow
Sorexcuse

[ncskier]

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

Wait are we discussing adding bathrooms into the mix. If so I’d like to start a new thread about about Bucee’s bathroom and where exactly does west Texas begin. Perhaps our intrepid explorers can take a sabbatical from the frozen north during these winter months and answer that question all while using the bathrooms of bucees deemed the best bathrooms in america

[MakersTeleMark]

Wait are we discussing adding bathrooms into the mix. If so I’d like to start a new thread about about Bucee’s bathroom and where exactly does west Texas begin. Perhaps our intrepid explorers can take a sabbatical from the frozen north during these winter months and answer that question all while using the bathrooms of bucees deemed the best bathrooms in america

I beg to differ: https://slate.com/human-interest/201...m-in-2015.html

[rideit]

Hmm, how are the Wegman’s bathrooms?
All this talk is making me wonder who has a wide stance.
NTTIAWWT

[RShea]

Hmm, how are the Wegman’s bathrooms?
All this talk is making me wonder who has a wide stance.
NTTIAWWT

Wegman's Bathrooms are nice- extra items that you do not see regularly (like one example is a stack of diapers at the child's changing stations just in case the parent did not bring a diaper bag along). Other little touches that you maybe see at a hotel or higher end restaurant type of stuff too...

[BmillsSkier]

Just not gonna find one in the eastern upstate.

[gravitylover]

You will now. We even have one here in eastern downstate, there's one in Westchester and one in Brooklyn. Both are east of the River.