Gugny 14,578 Posted January 12 Share Posted January 12 3 minutes ago, Brianmoorman4jesus said: I’m in Orange County and grew up in Ulster. In my mind I have always just fig 10 min past the city basically upstate I personally stretch it to west Chester. Kingston no question. I’m just a “city or Upstate” guy. I guess there’s no real answer It has been an ongoing battle here for years, LOL! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Over 29 years of fanhood 5,698 Posted January 12 Share Posted January 12 5 hours ago, Solomon Grundy said: I thought this thread was about Bills naming rights? Which then spiraled into geographic naming rights... 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mr. WEO 6,622 Posted January 12 Share Posted January 12 5 hours ago, Motorin' said: You guys are hilarious. Nothing is upstate relative to Buffalo. Everything is downstate. But when people outside of Buffalo talk about "upstate NY" they are talking about anything upstate of NY city. Anything north of NYC is upstate. Not form a Buffalo perspective. But that is exactly what Upstate NY is from the perspective of NY city and non- NYers. No one from the city or Westchester considers Westchester as "Upstate NY"..... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Codyny13 646 Posted January 12 Share Posted January 12 3 hours ago, Gugny said: Really? I think the cutoff is closer to Kingston. I consider Poughkeepsie "downstate." I would consider anything south of White Plains (which is in southern Westchester County) as NYC. My breakdown of NY State is: Upstate Central Western Downstate NYC As a Bronxite who has also lived in Yonkers and Carmel Ny, I would agree that anything above westchester would be upstate, not map wise but just in terms of what we say or refer to it when we leave the city. It’s def downstate in terms of a map, but upstate in regards to speech. We have a house in Pine plains Ny, and when we head up there, we tell everyone we’re heading upstate for the weekend. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Just Jack 1,945 Posted January 13 Share Posted January 13 I used to work with a guy that grew up on Long Island. He said growing up, anything north of the Tappen Zee was considered Canada. And personally, I prefer the regions as defined by New York. 5 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ridgewaycynic2013 7,101 Posted January 13 Share Posted January 13 Upstate New York Stadium. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
beerme1 170 Posted January 13 Share Posted January 13 4 hours ago, Codyny13 said: As a Bronxite who has also lived in Yonkers and Carmel Ny, I would agree that anything above westchester would be upstate, not map wise but just in terms of what we say or refer to it when we leave the city. It’s def downstate in terms of a map, but upstate in regards to speech. We have a house in Pine plains Ny, and when we head up there, we tell everyone we’re heading upstate for the weekend. Hmmph, I would have thought it was Bronxan. I think everyone in the city considers upstate everything north of region 8 Hudson Valley 3 hours ago, Just Jack said: I used to work with a guy that grew up on Long Island. He said growing up, anything north of the Tappen Zee was considered Canada. And personally, I prefer the regions as defined by New York. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mike in Horseheads 2,021 Posted January 13 Share Posted January 13 Is this deal getting nearer Quote Link to post Share on other sites
longtimebillsfan 682 Posted January 13 Share Posted January 13 On 1/11/2021 at 12:48 PM, Doc said: True. But as long as they're giving money to our team and we don't have to drink it... If Pepsi buys the naming rights. You can be sure only Pepsi products would be sold at the concession stands. 1 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Just Jack 1,945 Posted January 13 Share Posted January 13 1 hour ago, longtimebillsfan said: If Pepsi buys the naming rights. You can be sure only Pepsi products would be sold at the concession stands. How is that different than now? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ridgewaycynic2013 7,101 Posted January 13 Share Posted January 13 1 hour ago, longtimebillsfan said: If Pepsi buys the naming rights. You can be sure only Pepsi products would be sold at the concession stands. Agreed and understood. Few things more annoying than the hand wringing over the 'pouring rights' issues in school districts back in the 90s. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Gugny 14,578 Posted January 13 Share Posted January 13 11 hours ago, Just Jack said: I used to work with a guy that grew up on Long Island. He said growing up, anything north of the Tappen Zee was considered Canada. And personally, I prefer the regions as defined by New York. Coronavirus taught me (and everyone I know) that Warren, Washington and Saratoga Counties are the "Capital District." That is purely asinine. For my entire life, those three counties have been the North Country. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Returntoglory 310 Posted January 13 Share Posted January 13 13 hours ago, Brianmoorman4jesus said: I’m in Orange County and grew up in Ulster. In my mind I have always just fig 10 min past the city basically upstate I personally stretch it to west Chester. Kingston no question. I’m just a “city or Upstate” guy. I guess there’s no real answer My wife's from Kingston. I was at Stewart (Newburgh)for 4 years with the ANG. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Brianmoorman4jesus 3,146 Posted January 13 Share Posted January 13 2 hours ago, Returntoglory said: My wife's from Kingston. I was at Stewart (Newburgh)for 4 years with the ANG. Nice. My brother works at Stewart. I’m like 20 min from there. Nice area, there’s not much around though. Not a ton of Bills fans around. There are a few. It’s like a 6.5 hour ride each way to the stadium. That’s a tough trip when you got to drive back home and work the next morning. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
The Wiz 6,087 Posted January 13 Share Posted January 13 2 hours ago, Ridgewaycynic2013 said: Agreed and understood. Few things more annoying than the hand wringing over the 'pouring rights' issues in school districts back in the 90s. Still have it at my college. When I was a student we were strictly a pepsi campus. They changed to coca-cola probably 7-8 years ago but still allow something like 5% of pepsi product on campus so I basically had to find a random vending machine somewhere on campus in order to buy a Mt. Dew if I didn't bring one that day. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Returntoglory 310 Posted January 13 Share Posted January 13 1 hour ago, Brianmoorman4jesus said: Nice. My brother works at Stewart. I’m like 20 min from there. Nice area, there’s not much around though. Not a ton of Bills fans around. There are a few. It’s like a 6.5 hour ride each way to the stadium. That’s a tough trip when you got to drive back home and work the next morning. We loved the area. We moved back to WNY after Desert Storm. The ride to and from Newburgh had its moments after a long shift working on the C-5 😉 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Just Jack 1,945 Posted January 13 Share Posted January 13 4 hours ago, Gugny said: Coronavirus taught me (and everyone I know) that Warren, Washington and Saratoga Counties are the "Capital District." That is purely asinine. For my entire life, those three counties have been the North Country. I’m not 100% sold on that map, particularly that Mohawk Valley section that sticks into the ADK. But it’s better than just labeling everything north of the Tappen Zee as Upstate. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Gugny 14,578 Posted January 13 Share Posted January 13 Just now, Just Jack said: I’m not 100% sold on that map, particularly that Mohawk Valley section that sticks into the ADK. But it’s better than just labeling everything north of the Tappen Zee as Upstate. LOL, yeah. The north of Tappan Zee logic is far from logical. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Codyny13 646 Posted January 13 Share Posted January 13 18 hours ago, beerme1 said: Hmmph, I would have thought it was Bronxan. I think everyone in the city considers upstate everything north of region 8 Hudson Valley I don’t think I’ve ever used either, that was probably the first time, and I have no idea what region 8 is. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BTB 1,491 Posted Monday at 05:06 AM Share Posted Monday at 05:06 AM I guess the “deal is close” if your source is Dunkirk Don. 2 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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