"Upstate" New York.....

[Rhythmdvl]

I hate when a thread I think we “just” did turns out to be about a year and a half old. Time keeps on slippin’, slippin’, slippin’ up the NY thruway…
Anyway: Do states other than New York have an “Upstate”?

My point there too was that I’ve never had trouble being (generally) understood when I say we moved out of the city to downstate New York. Everyone knows we’re still within arms reach of the city, have more trees and less mass transit (but have commuter lines and buses in), but not so far as to be within Albany or some other upstate city’s orbit.

@Rhythmdvl

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).