Where does Upstate NY officially start? (New York, Buffalo: fit in, college, live in)

[mayorofnyc]

Originally Posted by 1nevets

This is by far the best definition. Dutchess County is downstate since MNRR has hourly service from Poughkeepsie to GCT. Go across the river into Ulster County you are upstate. It's all a state of mind. A New York state of mind.

Yea basically upstate starts wherever Metro-North service ends lol

[OrangeHudson]

Upstate is basically north of Albany..North Country. West of there is Central NY then Western NY.

[ckhthankgod]

Originally Posted by OrangeHudson

Upstate is basically north of Albany..North Country. West of there is Central NY then Western NY.

Huh? I've never heard that before. Upstate NY can range from being just north of the Bronx/Westchester border to some saying north of the Hudson Valley/Catskill area. It depends upon who you ask and talk to, but I've never heard the anything north of Albany thing.

[ElizaTeal]

Originally Posted by Gaffer

Yonkers??? Give me a break.

"Yonkers, the station stop is Yonkers!" I miss riding Metro North.

All parts North of the suburban Westchester and Putnam counties, I would consider to being upstate NY.

[Dreamshot]

Orange, Rockland, Dutchess [South of Pou], Putnam, Westchester and points South = Down. Any county that does not have rail service via MNRR is up to me.

[PAhippo]

Porbably pretty subjective but western ny is anything west of a Binghamton-Syracuse line. Upstate would be anything north of a Binghamton-s MA line.

[Gaffer]

PAhippo got it right and anything north of I90 in central and wastern NY and north of Saratogo in eastern is 'way upstate'

[garmin239]

people are naming sub regions of upstate. Western, North Country, CNY, etc are all upstate NY.

[Gaffer]

Yup and hoping those southerners down around NYC will realize where the real upstate NY starts.

[VA Yankee]

I would now say wherever the MTA tax ends.