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"Ichabod Crane <http://www.rev.net/people/aloe/longisland>" <aloe@rev.net>
wrote in message news:3c71fdc2$0$23183$4c41069e@reader1.ash.ops.us.uu.net...
> 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>

I"m sorry if someone else has mentioned this in the reply posts...but you're
wrong.  Tide reaches the Troy Dam.