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Yeah, I've noticed that as well, which is why I mentioned "upstate" specifically. We do get people from both parts, but tbh I don't think most of us NC people c
by sudosteph 7y ago
Yeah, I've noticed that as well, which is why I mentioned "upstate" specifically. We do get people from both parts, but tbh I don't think most of us NC people can tell the difference other than by food preferences and that the people from upstate tend to be more 2nd amendment. Otherwise, both seem more similar to each to other than to southerners.
But is it wrong to call people from upstate NY "New Yorkers" - or is that term only reserved for city people? If so, what are they called?
- antcas 7y agoIt's not wrong, but we'll assume you think we're from the city and start trying to explain where our specific part of Upstate NY is. Upstate New Yorkers also works fine as an alternative. Michigan has it easy with their conveniently hand-shaped state. NYS but not NYC is a pain to describe.
- sudosteph 7y agoHah, I seem to have the opposite problem them. I was meeting a co-worker who introduced herself as a "New Yorker" (from Long Island) and I told her about how a there were a lot of New Yorkers here, like one of my close friends from Syracuse. She gave me basically the same patient response I got here about how upstate was different. So I'm trying to be more conscientious about how I use that particular demonym and the context of it. But truth be told, I tend to throw most people from the north into a pretty broad "Doesn't like sweet tea and sometimes might talk loudly" category - so I'm still not able to guess if someone is from a different part of NY unless they tell me.