JerseyHarold Posted November 27, 2012 Report Share Posted November 27, 2012 Maybe someone here can use this for parts: http://binghamton.craigslist.org/pts/3431044514.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greg g Posted November 27, 2012 Report Share Posted November 27, 2012 (edited) Bingtown is in the southern tier. How can that be upstate? Central ny is north of the southern tier but were are too far north to be upstate. I was in SOmerville, nj today,what part of jersey is that? Edited November 27, 2012 by greg g Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Coatney Posted November 27, 2012 Report Share Posted November 27, 2012 Most folks think that anything outside the city limits is upstate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Hiebert Posted November 27, 2012 Report Share Posted November 27, 2012 I think Don's right, everyone from NYC (and probably NJ) consider anything outside of NYC to be "upstate" - which it technically is. Everyone outside of NYC (and NJ) call the different places as they are. My In-laws in NJ tell everyone else we live "upstate", even though we live in western NY. The response usually being - "upstate where?", which is where the more exact location comes in, but you have to use a big city ("Buffalo"), or region "Adirondaks" or "Catskills" - no one seems to know where "Wheatfield" is. I've been here four years, and still haven't quite got the hang of it. But you think that's bad - try describing where you live, or want to go visit - in Michigan. Hold your right hand up and point if you live in the lower peninsula, where you can go "up North" past the "Thumb" but still be in the Lower Peninsula where your called a troll by the Yoopers (denizens of the Upper Peninsula - U.P-ers) because you live "below" the bridge (Mackinac - pronounced Mackinaw) that you have to cross to get to "the Soo" (Sault St. Marie) on the only four-lane in the UP, so you can turn west to go 200 miles on two-lane to "the Porkies" (Porcupine Mountains), where you can get on the ferry in Houghton at the base of "the Rabbit's" ear to travel 50 miles into Lake Superior to visit Isle Royale National Park that's only 12 miles from Minnesota (Ya can't get thea from hea).....whew! Gotta love it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JerseyHarold Posted November 27, 2012 Author Report Share Posted November 27, 2012 I wasin SOmerville, nj today,what part of jerseyis that? Northern or central, depending on who you ask. As Don said, anything north of the Bronx is upstate to many people. When I went to college in Geneseo, the area was referred-to as Western New York, now it's called the Finger Lakes region. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merle Coggins Posted November 27, 2012 Report Share Posted November 27, 2012 I think Don's right, everyone from NYC (and probably NJ) consider anything outside of NYC to be "upstate" - which it technically is. Everyone outside of NYC (and NJ) call the different places as they are. My In-laws in NJ tell everyone else we live "upstate", even though we live in western NY. The response usually being - "upstate where?", which is where the more exact location comes in, but you have to use a big city ("Buffalo"), or region "Adirondaks" or "Catskills" - no one seems to know where "Wheatfield" is. I've been here four years, and still haven't quite got the hang of it. But you think that's bad - try describing where you live, or want to go visit - in Michigan. Hold your right hand up and point if you live in the lower peninsula, where you can go "up North" past the "Thumb" but still be in the Lower Peninsula where your called a troll by the Yoopers (denizens of the Upper Peninsula - U.P-ers) because you live "below" the bridge (Mackinac - pronounced Mackinaw) that you have to cross to get to "the Soo" (Sault St. Marie) on the only four-lane in the UP, so you can turn west to go 200 miles on two-lane to "the Porkies" (Porcupine Mountains), where you can get on the ferry in Houghton at the base of "the Rabbit's" ear to travel 50 miles into Lake Superior to visit Isle Royale National Park that's only 12 miles from Minnesota (Ya can't get thea from hea).....whew! Gotta love it! Now you're getting close to where I grew up in northern WI. I knew exactly what you were talking about without the explainations. But you messed up on your closing remark. Shoulda been "Gotta love it, aye." Merle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Furylee2 Posted November 27, 2012 Report Share Posted November 27, 2012 I think you are talking about two different towns (Bingtown VS. Binghamtom), one more "upstate" then the other. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greg g Posted November 27, 2012 Report Share Posted November 27, 2012 Yea I misspoke, Binghamton is actually know as Bingo town, but its still whre it is. Everybody living south of the Putnam/Westchester county line considers any thing north of Newburgh the Great Forzen Wastland. Not Part of any State they acknowledge, and any non bovine residents thereof, part of some great uncataloged mystery species. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big_John Posted November 29, 2012 Report Share Posted November 29, 2012 It's not even in Binghamton. It's in Greene, home of Raymond (owned by Toyota) forklifts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Hiebert Posted November 30, 2012 Report Share Posted November 30, 2012 Now you're getting close to where I grew up in northern WI. I knew exactly what you were talking about without the explainations. But you messed up on your closing remark. Shoulda been "Gotta love it, aye." Merle Almost forgot about that . On a bumper sticker - "Say ya to da U.P. eh" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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