I hear it in movies so the time. We’re going upstate. I went upstate. Etc

I never hear downstate, or similar. Does it just mean going north?

  • @d3Xt3r@lemmy.nz
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    584 months ago

    Really? Well, I’m from Utica and I never heard anyone use the term “upstate.”

    • moosetwin
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      4 months ago

      seymour you fucking liar, everyone here calls it upstate new york

    • Thalestr
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      134 months ago

      Not in Utica, no; it’s an Albany expression.

    • prole
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      64 months ago

      Damn the fidelity of that pic is strangely satisfying