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New York State's Adirondack Park is the largest state park in the contiguous United States. Larger than the State of Vermont or Yellowstone, Yosemite, Grand Canyon, Glacier, and Great Smokey Mts. Park *combined*! Then there's 65,000 acre Allegany State Park, too. In most of the state there's a whole lot of trees and country living.
Just about to say that one. Certainly Metro NYC accounts for the vast majority of NY's populace, but geographically, it's probably no more than 15% of the state.
Less. Of the entire State of New York, *all* urban areas (1,000 people/sq.mi.) constitute 6-10% of the area of the state. Therefore, just NYC would be a smaller %.
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A stereotype that a lot of upstate New Yorkers tend to perpetuate is that downstate is one big city contiguous with NYC and that there is no rural, forested, or mountainous land downstate.
New York State's Adirondack Park is the largest state park in the contiguous United States. Larger than the State of Vermont or Yellowstone, Yosemite, Grand Canyon, Glacier, and Great Smokey Mts. Park *combined*! Then there's 65,000 acre Allegany State Park, too. In most of the state there's a whole lot of trees and country living.
A stereotype that a lot of upstate New Yorkers tend to perpetuate is that downstate is one big city contiguous with NYC and that there is no rural, forested, or mountainous land downstate.
Not really. A lot of Upstate NYers are transplants from the city. Most people in the state would know the lower Hudson Valley down to the city is pretty rural and moutainous, especially along the river.
A big stereotype of Washington is rain, beaches, evergreen forests, and mountains. A huge part of it is dry, pine forests, desert, sagebrush, and brown barren hills. A lot of it resembles Nevada, Texas, and Arizona.
Yes, there is San Fransisco, and LA. What people don't understand is that you gotta drive through west coast's Indiana to get there. Trust me, I live here, and I don't mind. One day in SF every 6 months is about all I can tolerate.
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A big stereotype of Washington is rain, beaches, evergreen forests, and mountains. A huge part of it is dry, pine forests, desert, sagebrush, and brown barren hills. A lot of it resembles Nevada, Texas, and Arizona.
I'm guilty of this, thinking Seattle is what Washington is, is like people thinking LA is what California is. If you dropped someone in Hanford,Ca I swear you couldn't guess what state your in.
I'm guilty of this, thinking Seattle is what Washington is, is like people thinking LA is what California is. If you dropped someone in Hanford,Ca I swear you couldn't guess what state your in.
Yep, these pictures don't really come to mind when people think of Washington! All within a few hours of Seattle.
There's even wineries!
We have rattlesnakes also!
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