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>"Upstate" New York The area is called Western New York.
by rpmisms 5y ago
>"Upstate" New York
The area is called Western New York.
- Spooky23 5y agoAnything from Mount Vernon to Canada is upstate. Except Buffalo, which is over near Chicago.
- User23 5y agoI thought it was anything north of the Brooklyn Bridge. Edit: yes it’s a joke.
- catblast01 5y agoYou’re just trolling or you need a map. The Brooklyn bridge is south of the most populated part of Manhattan. Tappan Zee [sic] bridge maybe (that’s at least one arguable line).
- iratewizard 5y agoIt's called Western New York to people who live in the upper New York. It's called upstate New York to anyone who isn't aware that New York has more than just NYC in it.
- User23 5y agoIt’s the Finger Lakes Region now.
- Steltek 5y agoLike Google Maps clipping off minor towns as you zoom out, there's a level of detail filter being applied. Within my town, I'll give my neighborhood. Within my state, I'll give my town. Outside that, it'll be "Boston". Farther afield, it might just be "the Northeast [US]". I'd say Rochester is quite distinct from the Finger Lakes and "Western NY" is far easier to grasp. From this New Englander's perspective, I'm not sure everyone here could place the Finger Lakes on a map.
- asveikau 5y agoUpstate and Western New York are overlapping regions. In addition to "upstate" being extremely vague and huge.
- rpmisms 5y agoKind of. To locals, it's pretty clearly defined: WNY is Utica westward, the Adirondacks are North of Utica, and we don't talk about the rest of it. Yes, I'm speaking with tongue in cheek, but I'm representing the cultural lines as best I can.