Over 29 years of fanhood Posted January 12, 2021 Posted January 12, 2021 5 hours ago, Solomon Grundy said: I thought this thread was about Bills naming rights? Which then spiraled into geographic naming rights... 1
Mr. WEO Posted January 12, 2021 Posted January 12, 2021 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".....
Codyny13 Posted January 12, 2021 Posted January 12, 2021 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.
Just Jack Posted January 13, 2021 Posted January 13, 2021 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
beerme1 Posted January 13, 2021 Posted January 13, 2021 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
longtimebillsfan Posted January 13, 2021 Posted January 13, 2021 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
Just Jack Posted January 13, 2021 Posted January 13, 2021 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?
Ridgewaycynic2013 Posted January 13, 2021 Posted January 13, 2021 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.
Gugny Posted January 13, 2021 Posted January 13, 2021 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.
Returntoglory Posted January 13, 2021 Posted January 13, 2021 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.
Brianmoorman4jesus Posted January 13, 2021 Posted January 13, 2021 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
The Wiz Posted January 13, 2021 Posted January 13, 2021 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.
Returntoglory Posted January 13, 2021 Posted January 13, 2021 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
Just Jack Posted January 13, 2021 Posted January 13, 2021 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.
Gugny Posted January 13, 2021 Posted January 13, 2021 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.
Codyny13 Posted January 13, 2021 Posted January 13, 2021 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.
LabattBlue Posted January 18, 2021 Posted January 18, 2021 I guess the “deal is close” if your source is Dunkirk Don. 2 1
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