Nobody Knows Where ‘Upstate New York’ Actually Is

New York Magazine ^ | March 29, 2016 | Joe DeLessio

[EternalVigilance]

Fascists.

[metmom]

Typical politicians.

The rest of us do.

[dp0622]

This is gonna hit everybody.

Skilled workers in offices are already saying “if someone with no skills at all is getting 15, why am I just getting 30?”

and they have a great point.

that’s why minimum wage laws are so STUPID!

[Cowboy Bob]

Anything above NYC.

[DannyTN]

It retired and moved to Florida.

[lee martell]

She’s an Uptown Girl,
Up on the roof
Under the rainbow
& On the sunny side of the street.

[dfwgator]

You know those lights were bright on Broadway
That was so many years ago
Before we all lived here in Florida
Before the Mafia took over Mexico
There are not many who remember
They say a handful still survive
To tell the world about
The way the lights went out
And keep the memory alive

[kaehurowing]

Anywhere outside NYC.

[Cyman]

Starts just above Harlem

[headstamp 2]

This will pretty much finish off upstate NY. The first nail in the coffin was the outright banning of Fracking.

And the way the economy is going in NYS, “upstate” is becoming the Bronx, Pelham border.

[angcat]

Anything past Ossining was upstate to us back in the day. Not anymore so I would say anything past Orange County would be considered upstate.

[Ladysforest]

Kind of. A good rule of thumb is about a bit over an hours drive outside of the city. City workers will commute that far out, so ... beyond that is “Upstate”.

[bunkerhill7]

Upstate NY is the Adirondack Mountains coz they are actually “UP”.

[jpl]

Everything to the north of Staten Island.

[nickcarraway]

So the Bronx is upstate New York?

[Canedawg]

I would say anything past Orange County would be considered upstate.

Agreed. And once you hit the Catskills, you are "upstate".

[Fair Paul]

I say anything north of I84 which is pretty close to what you’re saying

[detective]

When the people start getting nicer you are in upstate New York.

When the people are rude and pushy you are in NYC.

[angcat]

We would spend every Sunday in the summer at Lake Land Acres in Peekskill and in the 70’s that was hick land to us. LOL