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I learnt from Veronica Mars that in australia the sun sets in the east
Sad commentary on the sorry state of public schools down under that you had to rely on the other Rob Thomas to teach you this.
I had a friend who was a huge Veronica Mars fan and every time she mentioned the creator I was like "the Matchbox Twenty frontman makes tv shows too??"
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I biked the whole thing once. It's like the idyllic mix of farm houses and tiny farms and fresh produce except lots of it costs a obscene amounts. It's like rich people cosplaying as a farm town.
Great to travel through!
The most amusing thing to me was how you could tell where the new money stopped and the old money started because the new money wanted designer outlets and the old money didn't want any of that shit
Why is there so much of what appears to be actual greenery east of Queens?
Yeah, that’s Long Island. Which Queens is technically part of, but don’t refer to Queens as “Long Island” unless you wanna get punched.
The further east you go the more it just becomes beach/shore towns.
Go far enough, and you get to abandoned biohazard research labs and nuclear missile installations. (This is not a joke.)
As someone who grew up in the NYC metro area, it's always fun to watch preconceptions of the area that people have run into reality. Probably the most fun is watching people learn about how "upstate" is very much a state of mind.
Why is there so much of what appears to be actual greenery east of Queens?
Yeah, that’s Long Island. Which Queens is technically part of, but don’t refer to Queens as “Long Island” unless you wanna get punched.
The further east you go the more it just becomes beach/shore towns.
Go far enough, and you get to abandoned biohazard research labs and nuclear missile installations. (This is not a joke.)
As someone who grew up in the NYC metro area, it's always fun to watch preconceptions of the area that people have run into reality. Probably the most fun is watching people learn about how "upstate" is very much a state of mind.
for me Upstate always meant like, the deep forests right across the border from Canada. some of my family lives up there and it sucks.
edit: we always said "oh they live upstate" while referencing those family members
Why is there so much of what appears to be actual greenery east of Queens?
Yeah, that’s Long Island. Which Queens is technically part of, but don’t refer to Queens as “Long Island” unless you wanna get punched.
The further east you go the more it just becomes beach/shore towns.
Go far enough, and you get to abandoned biohazard research labs and nuclear missile installations. (This is not a joke.)
As someone who grew up in the NYC metro area, it's always fun to watch preconceptions of the area that people have run into reality. Probably the most fun is watching people learn about how "upstate" is very much a state of mind.
for me Upstate always meant like, the deep forests right across the border from Canada. some of my family lives up there and it sucks.
edit: we always said "oh they live upstate" while referencing those family members
I was born in Poughkeepsie and people from the city called that upstate.
The joke where I live is that my neighborhood is " Upstate Manhattan" ( Northern Washington heights/ Inwood)
Hanging out in the Upper West side now, and yeah.. my neighborhood is very sleepy
If that's all there is my friends, then let's keep dancing
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"Upstate" is definitely a term where the in-group is flexible relative to who you're asking, like generally the Hudson River Valley is especially adamant about not being upstate
Rochester resident here, and I've definitely heard this area referred to as "upstate" even though we're at about the halfway point North-wise. I've also heard "western NY" though, which is definitely more accurate.
"Down east" is kinda similar in NC. If you're in Raleigh then a quarter of the state could be down east. But you could be in Cape Carteret, about as far down and east as you can be and people will still say that down east is further on.
"Upstate" is definitely a term where the in-group is flexible relative to who you're asking, like generally the Hudson River Valley is especially adamant about not being upstate
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That's a book that seems like it works best for New Yorkers. I appreciated it well enough, but I felt like it was just written for someone else.
Sad commentary on the sorry state of public schools down under that you had to rely on the other Rob Thomas to teach you this.
I had a friend who was a huge Veronica Mars fan and every time she mentioned the creator I was like "the Matchbox Twenty frontman makes tv shows too??"
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It is why I am fully supportive of Sydney iconography being used to represent Australia in media, even if it is a bit tedious.
Because if bad things go down Sydney is the first place someone is going to think of aiming a giant meteor.
And yet even that won't bring down property prices, smdh
The most amusing thing to me was how you could tell where the new money stopped and the old money started because the new money wanted designer outlets and the old money didn't want any of that shit
Well yeah, look at that post meteor map. A whole lot of new beach to build houses to overlook.
Go far enough, and you get to abandoned biohazard research labs and nuclear missile installations. (This is not a joke.)
As someone who grew up in the NYC metro area, it's always fun to watch preconceptions of the area that people have run into reality. Probably the most fun is watching people learn about how "upstate" is very much a state of mind.
I don't think any malice is required here...
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for me Upstate always meant like, the deep forests right across the border from Canada. some of my family lives up there and it sucks.
edit: we always said "oh they live upstate" while referencing those family members
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Oh gleefully yes
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Dear Satan.....
I was born in Poughkeepsie and people from the city called that upstate.
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did we all just forget about the fake non-fat yogurt stands?!
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That election was 35 years ago
Hanging out in the Upper West side now, and yeah.. my neighborhood is very sleepy
He had Charlie Sheen as an advisor.
Only once Michael J Fox left
Who left because he got a new gig in DC, where he had to deal with awful people like senator Alex P. Keaton.
I did not know that, that is awesome
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i think of like, idk, Plattsburgh as being emblematic of the region
edit: all the weird little lakes, too
Further proof that they're definitely upstate.