Quote Originally Posted by EBlackall View Post
I only remember Stirling Forest from my time stationed at West Point.
Bingo, that's right where I am from! The beautiful Hudson River Valley.

Quote Originally Posted by kiltedsawyer View Post
I grew up in Ulster County but moved south many years ago. Seemed to me, there was "the city," and then there was "upstate."

Yes, that's the way I saw it as well. I still explain it that way.

Every so often I'll run into someone from "up" upstate (Buffalo, Syracuse, Lake Placid, etc) and they are quick to correct me. New Yorker's are a shy bunch.