Where is Upstate NY...

[philcski]

Originally Posted by ARyan

To me Rochester is Western.

If you say Rochester is Upstate and not Western, what would you call Canton or Thousand Islands? Artic New York?

See above. Canton = St. Lawrence County, right? "Northern/Adirondacks"

[ARyan]

Originally Posted by philcski

See above. Canton = St. Lawrence County, right? "Northern/Adirondacks"

Yes.

[byalip]

Originally Posted by philcski

See above. Canton = St. Lawrence County, right? "Northern/Adirondacks"

I went to St. Lawrence University. THAT is Upstate...less than miles from the Canadian border.

We used to refer to anything south of Albany as Downstate.