Where Does “Upstate New York” Begin?
So last nite on Twitter me and the Stoolies got into a big ass argument over what defines “Upstate New York.” Fucking heated fighting like Skip Bayless and Jalen Rose or some shit. Its hilarious. Nobody from New York wants to be considered as a part of Upstate. They avoid it like the fucking plague. Its completely irrational. Its on the same level as people getting passionate and defending their cellphones. People get downright offended if you say they are from Upstate New York.
And whats hilarious is everyone has their own line of demarcation that is completely fabricated.
And my personal favorite:
Van Cortlandt Park? 125th Street? Yonkers? White Plains? Cell phone towers disguised as trees? Everyone just pulling random shit out of there “I live in New York” asshole. Bottom line is its all relative to the person and where they live. Because like I said people will say whatever it takes to prove they aren’t Upstate. The person from Rockland County will say Orange or Putnam. The person from Westchester will say Rockland County. The person from the Bronx will say Westchester. The person on fucking 16th street will say 17th street is upstate.
Now I’m from Southern Westchester. The very first suburb outside the city. I border the Bronx so there’s no way I’m saying I’m Upstate. But does that exclude all of Westchester from being upstate? Some of those towns in the northern 914 are pretty fuckin upstate-ish. I actually like Brian May’s marker of the cell phone tower disguised as a tree. But the Westchester Mall and places like that are further north of that so I can’t consider that Upstate. I dunno. Northern Westchester and Rockland County border each other. I say anything in that region is Upstate.
You live above the Tappan Zee than you live upstate its that simple.
As soon as it goes from Jews fags artists and hipster to just Jew and fags then its upstate.
I live in Putnam and would consider myself the last link between upstate NY and “downstate” (what the fuck do we refer to it as?) NY. Twenty minutes north up 22 and there are miles of farmland, twenty minutes south down 684/Saw Mill and I’m in White Plains.
I think the tweet with “if you can’t get there on Metro North it’s upstate” is dead-fucking on.
Tappan Zee = Upstate that is all.
There are three fucking parts to New York. Long Island, NYC, and Upstate. If its not LI and its not one of the 5 boroughs, its upstate. How do people that live in new york not understand that?
Draw a straight line from the Greenwich/Port Chester Border to the Tappan Zee bridge. Anything north of that is upstate NY or Connecticut.
who cares, people in westchester wish staten island and long island would form there own shitty state and stay away from us. gross mother fuckers
If You use Metro North as the cut off line, then fucking Poughkeepsie is not upstate. I call bullshit
I believe that NYC and LI should be its own state. You can keep your high cost of living, funky smells and hipsters. I like living where I don’t worry if my door is unlocked. You guys can be New York and we’ll be North New York and this whole debate will be moot.
I don’t understand how 90% of a state can be considered upstate, you know what, fuck Upstate, NYC is the only shit that matters and fuck Staten Island too.
dudebro is right on, almost. there’s LI, there’s upstate, there’s the boroughs (Queens, Brooklyn, Manhattan, Bronx) and then there’s Staten Island which might as well be Upstate or if we could, I think we should just give that hell hole to Jersey. They’re a match made in heaven.
idk what all the fuss is about I’m from Albany and we fuckin rage up here
We have the same argument in Chicago. No one wants to be known for living “downstate”.
poughkeepsie is a huge piece of shit.. anyone thats lives there or goes to school there should just kill themselves
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Upstate_New_York
wikipedia cant answer this than there is no answer
My backyard is North Salem (Westchester county) living in Ridgefield, CT we have access to metro north. So does that mean we are not part of upstate NY?
lol yes it does mean you’re not apart of upstate NY. you’re apart of Connecticut.
Upstate = Canadian Border to Albany (Anytime the speed limit says 65 and you can drive 100 without seeing any cops for 4 hours)
Down State = Albany to Westchester County (where the roads start ending in Parkway)
NYC = You know it when you are there, like the smell when you open your front door and instantly know your dog shit all over the apartment while you were at work
Mjp, i think staten should just be sunk.
If you don’t live in the boroughs you live in upstate. That is just a fucking fact.
People from Long Island shouldn’t be worried about what’s “upstate” because they’re a couple of bridge explosions away from floating to Europe.
I grew up in northern Westchester, friends from LI loved to give me shit about being from “upstate” until I mentioned that it took me 25 minutes to drive and park at Yankee Stadium while they got to spend over an hour in the car to get there.
us westchester –> albany folk like to be called “Midstate NY’ers”….everything below is called either the city or long island, everything above is upstate
Being from staten island, i have to agree with every one of the comments about this shit-stain of an island..the actual area isn’t bad but holy shit are the people who live here retarded..it makes me fully support eugenics and mandated sterilization..i try to disassociate with this island and its inhabitants as much as i can
You sure Frank? Some peoples argument would tell a different story since I’m closer to the city then both Rockland county, Orange county, and Poughkeepsie lol
anything north of white plains is the sticks
“who cares” is right
Anything past the pallisades mall is where I draw the line
nythebestcity definitely got rejected from blackout Marist, or got a stid.
I would say north of, but not including Rockland & Westchester Counties, is ‘upstate’.
Then again, I know a dude from Potsdam that laughs at even Albany being called ‘upstate’. Up yours you fucking NY faggots.
stro–my inlaws live in Ridgefield. What a douchey town!
Ppl don’t accept *NYC, LI, Upstate* definition because then you’d think Westchester was more connected to fuckin rochester than NYC. Any commuter suburb is not upstate. Maybe downstate. or just add a new section called Metro-North New York between NYC and upstate.
@hipneck I love my privileged life! 100% douchey CT rich area though no doubt.
bobcabbit hit the nail on the head with this one. Screw all you hipster city faggots thinking everything other than nyc is “upstate”. Apparently none of you morons were given a proper upstate education and don’t know what the word “up” means.
I love all these upstate retards getting defensive. You live in East Bumfuck, NY. Nobody gives a shit whether or not you think your town is upstate. It is.
Shout out to Katonah. Definitely not upstate.
Im from Orange County and if youre ashamed that youre from upstate then your probably a pussy democrat who looks at art and roots for the mets.
dudebro is just mad he lives with a bunch of democrats, minorities, gays, jews, and hipsters. While we in eastbumfuck live with a bunch of American ass, beer drinkin, republican votin, white woman fuckin, sports watchin men
Past Dutchess and Ulster County because they are only 45 minutes outside of NYC and Dutchess county is where MTA Metro North Railroad ends. Dutchess is like the farthest that you can live away from and still commute into NYC.
North of Westchester is upstate. Simple as that. I’m from Long Island and never claim to be part of the city or any bullshit like that. People from 45 minutes out of boston in some rural suburb seem to claim they are indeed from boston, which is complete bullshit.
As mentioned before, Long Island should be its own state, as should the farmland that is Upstate. Gotta admit there seems to always be some tension between Westchester and Long Island, but they are pretty similar and both kickass places to live. With that said, Manhattan will always be the center of the World.
The DMV answers this for us.http://www.dmv.ny.gov/youngerdriver/map.htm
” People from 45 minutes out of boston in some rural suburb seem to claim they are indeed from boston, which is complete bullshit.” ok nyctfan people from westchester aren’t claiming to be part of NYC, we’re just saying it’s not upstate..which it is not. syracuse is upstate.
i too think the metro north comment is very appropriate
When the Bills beat the shit out of the Jets twice this year you won’t be saying who cares about upstate NY
in what world is dutchess and “ulster” county 45 from nyc? i live 30 min train ride from nyc and poughkeepsie is at least an hour north and i couldnt even tell you what the fuck “ulster county” is
I’d go by the gun laws, if they’re draconian, then you’re not upstate. If it’s a clusterfuck of firearms then you’ve probably found your way upstate.
If you take the metro north to work every day then you don’t live upstate. Fucking retards. And Long Island is south and east of the city. How can that be upstate? Seriously, you stoolies are half brain-dead.
Who gives a fuck? At the end of the day you have some mook that can’t read as your governor.
I finally understand why New Yorkers are such pompous, ignorant jackasses… because they have Napoleon Complex regarding their insecurities of being considered upstate NY. It all makes sense now.
@nyctfan people from outside of Boston claim to be from Boston because nobody (even from Ma) knows where the fuck places like Milford or Abington are.
I can understand some parts of north rockland being deemed upstate but Orangetown (southern rockland) … I drove out of the lower east side today and got home in just over 20 minutes and I wasnt speeding by any means… I grab lunch in jersey all the time and its 5 minutes away… westchester and tarrytown metro north station is a 5 minute drive over the TZ and NJ transit train stations to Metlife Stadium are all over the county … get off your high horse long island we are closer to the city than you were practically jersey
I’ve been an observer Stoolie for sometime now, and it was this blog that urged me to create an account and put my two cents. First off brooklyn born and raised since 87. My whole life the city consists of the 5 boroughs (Brooklyn, queens, Bronx, manhattan, and Staten.) Long Island is a suburb of the city (Not part of the city) and everything else above the bronx is UPSTATE. I believe the mad rapper said it best “What the fuck is yonkers? They have their own mayors? Fuck Yonkers 25pmh? What the Fuck is Yonkers?” Not to hate on Jada, but gotta keep it real, al-queda Jada can respect that time for y’all to follow suit.
I’m pretty sure that “upstate” isn’t even applicable to most of New York because in the western part of the state they call it….”Western New York.” Not “upstate.”
@Phil Atio, that might have been a passable joke two years ago when Paterson was still governor. Keep trying though, you’ll get it one day!
fuck new york
Fuck everyone! Thornwood, NY for life!!
Good then everyone from Wrong Island, the city, and Worstchester can stay the fuck away from the Adirondacks this summer. Don’t like upstate, don’t go there.
If you own a gun and use it to shoot animals not people, than you live Upstate.