# Do states other than New York have an "Upstate"?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [May 30, 2012, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-states-other-than-new-york-have-an-upstate/623501 "2012-05-30T01:00:33Z")\
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**Post date:** [June 3, 2012, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-states-other-than-new-york-have-an-upstate/623501/76 "2012-06-03T03:27:04Z")

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> [@Normal\_Phase](#):
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> As for definitions, everyone north of Westchester and Rockland thinks they’re upstate, but until you get at least to the Catskills or Albany, everyone further out thinks the ones closer in are nuts.

I’d say that most residents of Sullivan, Ulster and Dutchess counties don’t associate themselves with upstate. Upstate = Canada border or rednecks (no offense to that poster (can’t remember which) that throws a tizzy every time someone calls hicks rednecks). Even those in Delaware, Greene and Columbia are distinct from those way out in Eerie or Clinton. That’s why the whole concept of ‘downstate’ exists–to distinguish between The City, downstate (still within a couple hours of civilization), and upstate (those who are closer to Canada or the midwest than NYC).

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