Originally Posted by peaceandjoy
Originally Posted by no1jan
Upstate New York. People think of New York as being all like the city. We have our rolling mountains, suburbs, and big city. Just like any other state.
Exactly! And people who live an hour north of New York City think that they live "upstate," lol!! Please - keep driving another 4 or 5 hours, then you're upstate.
Ditto to the above. Our son used to bring classmates home. Once they realized the disappointment of not seeing NYC we would drive them around Cornell University. Comparing their college campus to Cornell was like comparing NYC to our area of the Finger Lakes.