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What does "upstate" mean in the US? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 8 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I hear it in movies so the time. We're going upstate. I went upstate. Etc

I never hear downstate, or similar. Does it just mean going north?

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[–] [email protected] 131 points 8 months ago (3 children)

It's a New York thing to refer to the rural Northern and Western parts of New York State that are not New York City. No one (or at least very very few) outside of New York State uses it to refer to any other place.

[–] [email protected] 58 points 8 months ago (4 children)

Really? Well, I'm from Utica and I never heard anyone use the term "upstate."

[–] [email protected] 6 points 8 months ago

Damn the fidelity of that pic is strangely satisfying

[–] [email protected] 27 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

seymour you fucking liar, everyone here calls it upstate new york

[–] [email protected] 36 points 8 months ago

Not in Utica, no. It’s all Albany expression.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 8 months ago

Not in Utica, no; it’s an Albany expression.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Anything north of 34th Street is upstate, fight me

[–] [email protected] 14 points 8 months ago

[+] [email protected] -16 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (3 children)

New York the state or NYC?

Edit: I am terribly sorry for not knwing all citiies and to what state and where they belong on the us map as someone not from North America... 🙄

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago

You're being downvoted because your question makes no sense. Both NYC and New York State are mentioned, so what are you even asking for clarification on?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago

I feel like the answer to this lies within the word itself

[–] [email protected] 37 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

"The Northern and Western parts of New York State that are not new York City" how is there any confusion?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

It’s a New York thing

New York the state or NYC?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago

In my experience people in the Northeast US pretty much never refer to New York City as just 'New York'. New York will mean the state, they will say 'the city' or 'NYC' to differentiate from the state. Or they will say upstate to mean the rest of the state outside of NYC metro area.