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Re: USAGE: Upstate (was: USAGE: gotten, boughten)

From:Elliott Lash <al260@...>
Date:Thursday, June 27, 2002, 18:19
draqonfayir@JUNO.COM writes:

> > > On Wed, 26 Jun 2002 00:36:46 -0400 Elliott Lash <AL260@...> writes: > > oops, i sent a blank email, sorry. > > What i wanted to say was: Did we really have to count Upstate New > > York? Things would have been much simpler if we stuck with NYC, > > Westchester and Rockland. hehe :) > > just kidding guys. > > Elliott. > -
> Let me guess... you're from Rockland or Westchester, right? ;-D > Generally people from The City and The Island consider anything north of > the Westchester/Bronx border to be Upstate. So does the > New York State > Department of Motor Vehicles, actually.
Eh, what do they know? I'm from Rockland, born and raised. :-) Elliott
> -Stephen (Steg) > "I DO NOT LIVE UPSTATE! I LIVE 25 MINUTES FROM MANHATTAN! > ~ a certain westchesterian in denial
Well, I live 19 minutes from Manhattan...so..ha! :)