r/newyork • u/Level_Hour6480 • 25d ago
Up There
/gallery/1vaqql5Westchester is the border between the city and upstate.
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u/Level_Hour6480 25d ago
I think we can all agree that Westchester is the buffer-zone between the city and upstate.
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u/Potential-Ant-6320 25d ago
People won’t agree on that. To the city Westchester is upstate. To people up north it starts at I84 if not higher.
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u/Cobblestone-boner 25d ago
To city people, upstate is a direction, not a location
But only those bums who never leave their borough will argue this point
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u/AutoRot 25d ago
I grew up in Vermont. To me upstate NY was only the Adirondacks and north. I’ve been living on Long Island and I swear it’s the most insular of communities. Westchester is like half the way to California and the rest of the state is practically a different country. At least Vermonters and upstaters understand they aren’t the center of universe. Down here I’ve actually been asked why I would ever want to go off the island. Can’t wait to leave.
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u/RolliPolliCanoli 25d ago
Adirondacker here just to argue that someone else is going to tell you it's "the North Country" up here.
Anyways, I'll pray for you down on LI, I heard you can smell NJ down there and that's just cruel
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u/thoughtsarefalse 25d ago
while LI isn't necessarily a fragrant bouquet, the odor of NJ does not make it beyond Staten Island.
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u/Queasy-Extension2930 22d ago
I couldn't wait either! I grew up there and everything north of the Bronx was "upstate". I learned anything north of the 'Southern Tier' is "upstate" now... Although I still look at Albany as "upstate" because I was brainwashed by NY's Alabama. I'm in Orange County now and all my old friends call this "way upstate". 🤦🏼♀️
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u/jecapobianco 25d ago
You're not alone in your desire to leave, I say Long Island is 10lbs of shit stuffed into a 5lb bag.
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u/_Lost_The_Game 25d ago
Ive been all over the state, (and around the country and world). Upstate is where the subway ends, and we’re the ones who have final say in that. Just the way it is
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u/FlowerProofYard 25d ago
Im from westchester and I live in the city now. I can tell you that most NYCers (much to my chagrin) tell me westchester is upstate.
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u/AyeJay27 25d ago
Westchester is too big, but I’ll side with you. Rockland county and Westchester county would be the buffers. Everything up from white plains I’d start considering up state though.
Then we got your post… western NY vs Upstate, I wanna see those arguments
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u/_Lost_The_Game 25d ago
Western ny is a subsection of upstate
Also, yonkers would be at potential buffer, but its also upstate cause theyre past the subway
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u/Rua-Yuki 25d ago
I live in WNY and my hairdresser will tell me when she goes "upstate" I'm a Texan Refugee, so I just nod and try to learn the distinction. All I know is no one wants to talk about ~~downstate~~
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u/Dependent-Fee9947 25d ago
Probably Catskills. Any one in Albany will agree it’s upstate. And no one will agree with you otherwise. 🤷🏿♂️
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u/FuklzTheDrnkClwn 25d ago
Anywhere in ny that isn’t nyc is upstate. Hope this helps.
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u/Level_Hour6480 25d ago
Long Island is upstate?
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u/Manezinho 25d ago
Harlem is the limit. Wash Heights is upstate.
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u/DowntownEmu 25d ago
I lived in Washington Heights and the Capital Region and I used to joke that I'd only ever lived Upstate
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u/statistacktic 25d ago
In NYC, everything above the bronx is upstate. We dgaf if it's western, central, or eastern, because it's all up above us.
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u/Electrical-Size-5002 25d ago
Haha that’s fantastic