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Originally Posted by Laker14
We add "Upstate " because to simply say "New York" is an incomplete answer. New York could mean "New York City" which is a completely different world than "Upstate". Upstate is very rural, very green, punctuated with many fascinating and beautiful natural geographic features, such as gorges, waterfalls, rivers, marshes, lakes etc.
NYC is mostly concrete and is densely populated with skyscrapers and high-rises.
Attitudes tend to be markedly different between the two areas, and generally political affiliations tend to be more "Red" than "Blue" upstate, compared to NYC.
I love visiting NYC, but it's a completely different universe than where I live in Upstate NY.
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Totally get that, upstate New York is beautiful and we enjoy visiting there. NYC on the other hand, work forced me there often but once I retired I vowed to never go back there again. I say we are from the Berkshires in Western Massachusetts, because otherwise people assume you are from the Boston area. Two entirety different places and lifestyles. We only go to Boston for two reasons, to visit our daughter or to get some of the best healthcare available anywhere in the world.