Please register to participate in our discussions with 2 million other members - it's free and quick! Some forums can only be seen by registered members. After you create your account, you'll be able to customize options and access all our 15,000 new posts/day with fewer ads.
New York City is the largest city in the United States - with over 8.2 million people in its city limits. However, NYC's metro area is much larger than even that and includes major portions of New Jersey and Connecticut as well as downstate New York. By contrast, upstate New York has a vastly greater land area with a number of cities and towns which are much smaller than NYC and is also mainly rural, mountainous, filled with forests and many lakes.
So, given this, which do you associate more with NYC: NJ & CT or upstate New York?
Upstate New York is more associated with Pennsylvania. They have a lot in common.
There are many similarities, but I don't know about "associating" with PA. Upstate NY is basically like its own state within a state. I can see the NYC associating with CT and NJ thing due to being a part of the same metro and media market, along with other things.
Location: northern Vermont - previously NM, WA, & MA
10,744 posts, read 23,801,634 times
Reputation: 14650
I'd just assume give Westchester County to Connecticut and Long Island with the 5 boroughs to New Jersey. Upstate seems so far removed from everything in the Tri State region.
All 3 of them. Tristate area NY-NJ-CT. Upstate is the other half of the state that makes NYS great. Wouldn't change it for the world, NYS cities outside of the NYC area are much to underrated, Syracuse being my favorite of the bunch.
Kind of a weird poll question, with a predictable answer. New York City and upstate New York have very little to do with each other culturally or geographically.
The only part of upstate NY that is associated with Pennsylvania would be the Southern Tier. The rest is all on its own.
Northern New Jersey and Western Connecticut are part of the New York City metro so of course I associate them with New York City more than Upstate New York.
Please register to post and access all features of our very popular forum. It is free and quick. Over $68,000 in prizes has already been given out to active posters on our forum. Additional giveaways are planned.
Detailed information about all U.S. cities, counties, and zip codes on our site: City-data.com.
Please register to participate in our discussions with 2 million other members - it's free and quick! Some forums can only be seen by registered members. After you create your account, you'll be able to customize options and access all our 15,000 new posts/day with fewer ads.
