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Originally Posted by g_lev
New York State people call it that because that's what non-New York people think it's called I guess. If I were to refer to it to other NY people I call it the "North Country" which is it's official "region" designation by the state (My place is in Lake Placid).
Then there is the perpetual fight of NY City people calling everything north of, say Yonkers, "Upstate", which the rest of us NY State people find absurd  |
That is absolutely accurate. :-)