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Article #61Re: Upstate New York
From: Ichabod Crane <http://www.rev.ne...
Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2002 07:25
Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2002 07:25
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D. Citron (dcitron@gate.net) wrote: : Please vote for your favorite definitions of "Upstate NY". : Definition 1: Anyplace in NY state (except Long Island, because it isn't : "up") in which they don't regard NYC as the center of the civilized world : or call it "the city". : Definition 2: Anyplace in NY state (except Long Island, because it isn't : "up") in which they appreciate that NYC is not part of civilization as we : know it. : Definition 3: Anyplace in NY state (except Long Island, because it isn't : "up") that is more than reasonable commuting distance from NYC. (Of : course, this depends upon your definition of "reasonable"!) : Definition 4: Anyplace in NY state (except Long Island, because it isn't : "up") where residents consider a visit to NYC as slumming, or where : they say that NYC is "a nice place to visit, but I wouldn't want to live : there." The lowest land in the state of New Yorkshire is at sea level. Therefore, sea level is as far downstate as you can get. Tide reaches West Point. -- Ichabod Crane <http://www.rev.net/people/aloe/longisland>
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 10870e,ce8615200549c6e0,start X-Google-Attributes: gid10870e,public X-Google-Thread: f82f0,ce8615200549c6e0,start X-Google-Attributes: gidf82f0,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-02-18 23:24:53 PST Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!sn-xit-02!supernews.com!news-x2.support.nl!news2.euro.net!uunet!ash.uu.net!spool0900.news.uu.net!reader0901.news.uu.net!not-for-mail From: aloe@rev.net (Ichabod Crane <http://www.rev.net/people/aloe/longisland>) Newsgroups: bit.listserv.geograph,alt.culture.ny-upstate Subject: Re: Upstate New York Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2002 07:25:28 GMT X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.0.82 Lines: 23 Message-ID: <3c71fdc2$0$23183$4c41069e@reader1.ash.ops.us.uu.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: 206.67.68.97 X-Trace: 1014103492 reader1.ash.ops.us.uu.net 23183 206.67.68.97