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?

  • @hperrin@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    264 months ago

    I live in Southern California and we don’t really use that phrase around here. I think it’s almost entirely used to refer to basically any area of New York north of NYC.

    • @TheFriar@lemm.ee
      link
      fedilink
      64 months ago

      Yeah, I’ve lived in quite a few different states, but only in NYC do I hear and use “upstate.”