Comments on: I am an Upstate American http://www.kevinmarshallonline.com/blog/2011/09/07/i-am-an-upstate-american/ Musing & misadventures of a writer, comedian, and local treasure Thu, 31 Jan 2013 04:17:00 -0500 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.0.38 By: Roz http://www.kevinmarshallonline.com/blog/2011/09/07/i-am-an-upstate-american/#comment-8964 Mon, 12 Sep 2011 19:57:40 +0000 http://blog.timesunion.com/marshall/?p=6043#comment-8964 Some people from NYC who have never been upstate don’t realize what life is like past Westchester County.

]]> By: Victoria Roth http://www.kevinmarshallonline.com/blog/2011/09/07/i-am-an-upstate-american/#comment-8963 Mon, 12 Sep 2011 18:18:05 +0000 http://blog.timesunion.com/marshall/?p=6043#comment-8963 Naaaaah, I’m with Ann. I really do love NYC, but upstate is where my roots are.
I WILL tell people that I’m from upstate NY and many of them just don’t seem to hear the “upstate” part. It’s like it doesn’t even register with them, and they will proceed to ask me about something like “Oh! Were you near the towers on 9/11?”
… nope. I was about 2 1/2 hours away. Probably had about the same experience as you.

A surprising number of out of state American citizens don’t even realize that New York is a state (a HUGE state!), not just a city. I’m completely serious.

]]> By: Mickey http://www.kevinmarshallonline.com/blog/2011/09/07/i-am-an-upstate-american/#comment-8962 Fri, 09 Sep 2011 14:17:56 +0000 http://blog.timesunion.com/marshall/?p=6043#comment-8962 Ann, please lighten up on the anti-NYC snark. It’s not everybody’s cup of tea, but it’s like no other place in the world and frankly, sustains the state and the country financially. Your husband needs to lighten up too. He should think about the fact that he’s talking to Texans! ;-) Ask people who live in New Mexico what they think about Texans. And I’m sure you assume all Californians you meet live in either LA or San Francisco. When I’m traveling to other states and people ask me where I live I say upstate NY. It’s that simple.

]]> By: Peter Bowden http://www.kevinmarshallonline.com/blog/2011/09/07/i-am-an-upstate-american/#comment-8961 Wed, 07 Sep 2011 20:20:27 +0000 http://blog.timesunion.com/marshall/?p=6043#comment-8961 Upstate…the other New York

]]> By: Ann http://www.kevinmarshallonline.com/blog/2011/09/07/i-am-an-upstate-american/#comment-8960 Wed, 07 Sep 2011 17:38:33 +0000 http://blog.timesunion.com/marshall/?p=6043#comment-8960 My husband is currently commuting to Texas and is getting sick of everyone there assuming he’s from NYC. There’s a whole wide state of beautiful farms and woodlands above NYC!

Of course a lot of that comes from NYC-ers not realizing that there is more to NY than just “the city”.

Definitely like the t.

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