The Official Argue About Where Upstate NY Is Thread

[rideit]

That's kind of a sticky subject. Actually I have no idea, I've only driven through a few times over the last 35 years since I moved off The Island.

I see what you did there.
This is your first and only warning, I hope you adhere to better standards.

[gravitylover]

Aww Forever being penalized for my (increasingly rare) displays of brilliance.

[ötzi]

I almost think WBZ radio in Boston has a maggot working there who picked up on this thread and translated it to Massachusetts terms. Apparently they're getting some traction on Twitter and Tik Tok, maybe there's a way to monetize this thread. Let's get rich(er)!

https://www.bostonglobe.com/2022/09/...out-wbz-radio/

[riser4]

I almost think WBZ radio in Boston has a maggot working there who picked up on this thread and translated it to Massachusetts terms. Apparently they're getting some traction on Twitter and Tik Tok, maybe there's a way to monetize this thread. Let's get rich(er)!

https://www.bostonglobe.com/2022/09/...out-wbz-radio/

We'll, where does Western Mass begin? I-91? Can't read the article, not going to pay for it

[ötzi]

It appears to be a matter of some debate:



Where does Western Mass. begin? The debate plays out on WBZ radio.

By Brittany Bowker Globe Staff,Updated September 22, 2022, 4:01 p.m.


Where does Western Mass. begin? The answers are endless.ADOBE STOCK/SODAWHISKEY - STOCK.ADOBE.COM


It’s a question that’s puzzled Bay Staters for years: Where does Western Massachusetts begin?
Worcester? Lee? Cape Cod?
Those were some of the answers floated when WBZ NewsRadio reporter Matt Shearer took to the streets of Boston to ask passersby the age-old question. In a video that’s since gone viral on Twitter and TikTok, the many sides of the debate played out.

“West of Worcester” was a common response, as was the city of Worcester itself.
“That’s not central Mass.?” Shearer fired back in one interview (because geographically it is).
“One side’s western, the other side’s eastern, you don’t have to find a central,” the person responded.
Others simply had absolutely no idea, offering answers like Marlborough, Taunton, even the Cape.

Some couldn’t be bothered:
“I have no interest in being out there,” one person said.
“I’m not really familiar. I’ve never really cared about Western Mass.” another replied.
“Western Mass.? I don’t even understand it as a concept,” one respondent said. “I assume it’s very western ... cowboys maybe.”
By Thursday,the video had been viewed more than 160,000 times on Twitter and TikTok, and sparked a bit of a debate in the comments.
“Worcester is 1/3 of the way from the coast. Definitely not the start of Western MA. Maybe the start of central MA,” someone noted.
“And by the way,” another said. “[Route] 495 divides Eastern and Central Mass. Then anything west of Worcester County is Western Mass, think Ware and Palmer as the start.”
One user said anything west of Route 95 “is western mass to me.”
“This is easy,” another person weighed in. “East of 495 is Eastern Mass with Boston as the hub, West of 495 into Worcester and Worcester County is Central Mass, and then Springfield and West into the Berkshires is Western Mass.”
One person shared “a map of the world, according to a Masshole.” It calls Boston the “center of the universe” and refers to the Cape and Islands as “Florida and The Tropics,” and Central Mass. as “The Midwest.”
And Western Mass?
“Here be dragons,” the map reads.
Where do you think Western Mass. begins? Let us know in the comments.

[riser4]

Worcester's just a hole. It is its own thing.

[gravitylover]

Yep

We'll, where does Western Mass begin? I-91? Can't read the article, not going to pay for it

The 91 corridor is Central Mass. IMO Western starts in the high country in the Berks somewhere.

[rideit]

Woostah is the Utica of Central Mass.

Fixed

(My mom’s from Pittsfield, JONG)

[buttahflake]

It’s pronounced, Wistah.
Take a lap

[riser4]

Wooster is the Utica of Central Mass.

Utica demands an apology.

[gravitylover]

Woostah is the Utica of Central Mass.

Fixed

(My mom’s from Pittsfield, JONG)

Fair analogy.

It’s pronounced, Wistah.
Take a lap

Lol

Utica demands an apology.

Haha

[Squirreljam]

(My mom’s from Pittsfield, JONG)

you learn to ski at Bousquet?

[rideit]

She might of…but she doesn’t ever talk about that part of her life.

[gravitylover]

Times Union : Where does upstate New York actually begin?.
https://www.timesunion.com/hudsonval...n-17459400.php

[BmillsSkier]

Times Union : Where does upstate New York actually begin?.
https://www.timesunion.com/hudsonval...n-17459400.php

Magette?

[Dexter Rutecki]

Woostah is the Utica of Central Mass.

Just back from a weekend in Utica (have been recently immersed in many things related to the Upstates and have spent two glorious weekends in Utica over the past month). Sadly (or not) my Worcester experience mostly begins and ends with an unfortunate experience related to the vaunted Centrum and a Yes concert I unintentionally attended in the 90's. I can safely say that Utica is what many remember/imagine it to be, and if you are outside near the Utica Club brewery it does smell very nice.

[gravitylover]

Magette?

Dunno, it popped up in my Fb feed this morning.

@Dex - Glorious weekends in Utica? I guess after so long in NYC your expectations are different :shrug:

[Timberridge]

The train station is cool.

[m2711c]

It is indeed quite nice.

[m2711c]

this one stayed up better than the first one…














fact.

[BmillsSkier]

Geez, that's sad.

[m2711c]

lotsa sad stories in the upstates…

[BmillsSkier]

Yeah, hardscrabble people tend to attract more of those stories than not.

[DBdude]

There's a thread for that. JongLaffite has the droids you're looking for.

Last good knish I had was on university of Albany campus in 1985


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[DBdude]

Right? When I was in the Bronx I wouldn't say the city. I would say the Bronx. Does anybody call Staten Island the city?

No they call it the land of the dumpster


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