True, but geographically it resembles the U.S. red Blue map. https://www.politico.com/2020-election/results/new-york/
I agree with you on the population centers. The problem is that the votes are concentrated in the population centers. Black flies and deer don’t vote so essentially upstate NY is as much of a Democrat vote plantation as NYC. There are even a few Republicans in NYC, but you just don’t see them. Spread out like in upstate you see them.