I hear it in movies so the time. We’re going upstate. I went upstate. Etc

I never hear downstate, or similar. Does it just mean going north?

    • @Corvid
      link
      English
      3610 months ago

      Not in Utica, no. It’s all Albany expression.

    • moosetwin
      link
      fedilink
      English
      25
      edit-2
      10 months ago

      seymour you fucking liar, everyone here calls it upstate new york

    • prole
      link
      fedilink
      English
      610 months ago

      Damn the fidelity of that pic is strangely satisfying