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Old 03-14-2013, 10:56 PM
 
Location: Montgomery County, PA
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We have all heard of Upstate NY and pretty much know where it is but never heard of Upstate PA.
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Old 03-14-2013, 10:58 PM
 
Location: Chicago
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Pennsylvania's equivalent to Upstate New York is "everything between Westmoreland and Lancaster Counties."
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Old 03-14-2013, 11:00 PM
 
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We have all heard of Upstate NY and pretty much know where it is but never heard of Upstate PA.
That's because it's a simple case of semantics. You see, here in Pennsylvania, there are two distinct groups. We have Pennsylvanians and then we have flat landers...
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Old 03-15-2013, 06:56 AM
 
Location: Philly
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Pennsylvania's equivalent to Upstate New York is "everything between Westmoreland and Lancaster Counties."
If someone said it to me I would think of the northern tier up by NY rather than chambersburg, gettysburg, harrisburg,etc which also sits between those two places.
when I think of flat land I think of south jersey or places like illinois. there isn't anything in PA like that that I know of. outside of this site though I've never heard anyone say upstate PA, there's "the T"

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Old 03-15-2013, 07:20 AM
 
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No. I'm a native of Elk County, and the term has never been used in such parts.

"Upstate" is a term appropriate for NY due to the very unique shape of that state... with the capital of the world situated on a thin appendage stretching southward from the bulk of the state's land mass.

PA is rectangular... "upstate" makes no sense.
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Old 03-15-2013, 07:37 AM
 
Location: a swanky suburb in my fancy pants
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No one in metro Philly refers to it by that name but of course it's there, can't deny that. Sometimes people go to "the mountains" or the Poconos.
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Old 03-15-2013, 07:47 AM
 
Location: East Coast
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No. I'm a native of Elk County, and the term has never been used in such parts.

"Upstate" is a term appropriate for NY due to the very unique shape of that state... with the capital of the world situated on a thin appendage stretching southward from the bulk of the state's land mass.

PA is rectangular... "upstate" makes no sense.
Good explanation! I agree...
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Old 03-15-2013, 08:41 AM
 
Location: Montgomery County, PA
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PA is rectangular... "upstate" makes no sense.
Interesting that you say that. I picked up the term from a vacation guide I just got that is published by the state. You'd think they would be more culturally in tune with the state. I too had never heard of the term.

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Old 03-15-2013, 08:43 AM
 
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Interesting that you say that. I picked up the term from a vacation guide I just got that is published by the state. You'd think they would be more culturally in tune with the state. I too had never heard of the term.
Vacation guides published by states are notorious for inventing regions that don't exist.
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Old 03-15-2013, 08:51 AM
 
Location: Selinsgrove, PA
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HappyRider, we call that region "Northeastern PA" or the Lackawanna/Luzerne county area. Of course, that shaded area does go outside those areas too. They really lumped a large range together.

Evergrey, you put my thoughts into words very well.

If anything, we have "the Northern tier" or "God's country" to describe our counties near the NY state border.
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