The name for all the forgotten land north of Metro NYC and west of New England. If you say you're from New York, people immediately picture glamorous Manhattan. But then when you tell them you're from Buffalo or Syracuse they get disappointed.
New Yorker: I'm from New York
Easy girl: OMG, NYC?! Can you take me to Broadway shows and to see fireworks from the top of the Empire State Building?
New Yorker: Sure thing. *winks cause he knows he's getting some*
New York Stater: I'm from New York
Easy girl: OMG, NYC?! Can you take me to Broadway shows and to see fireworks from the top of the Empire State Building?
New York Stater: Actually....I'm from Rochester.
Easy girl: Well, I've gotta run!
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Birthplace of rap and home of the 5 Boroughs (Queens, Brooklyn, Manhattan, The Bronx, Staten Island) and easily the best city in the U.S.
The best city in the whole damn U.S., and maybe in the world
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The biggest little city in the world.
Dude Rome, New York is so big they have 2 McDonald's bra.
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When you get so drunk you puke in the girl's box while eating her out.
Example 1: Eight beers, six shots, two lips and one New York Taco.
Example 2: I was hungry late-night, but I was so drunk that all I ended up with was a New York Taco.
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1. Your idea of a traffic jam is 10 cars waiting to pass a tractor
3. You measure distance in hours
4. You know several people who have hit deer more than once
6. You stay in your house most of the summer because you aren't used to the heat
7. You drive at 55 mph through 10 feet of snow during a raging blizzard without flinching
11. You carry jumper cables in your car and your girlfriend knows how to use them
14. Driving is better in the winter because the potholes are filled in with snow
16. You know 4 seasons: almost winter, winter, cold, construction
19. Cows are just part of the scenery
22. You know that the phrase, "Goin up ta," applies to going north, south, east, or west, up or down in elevation, and pretty much any other way you can travel.
23. The smell of freshly spread cow manure doesn't bother you.
26. Halloween costumes are always designed around a snowsuit and winter boots.
31. You can name everyone you graduated with.
42. You still go home for Homecoming.
58. Your teachers call you by your older sibling's name.
64. You have to name six surrounding towns to explain to people where you're from.
67. When somebody says "Thats billy fucillo HUGE" you know exactly what they are talking about
I don't agree with the people saying upstate starts just noth of NYC and Long Island, It is more the Finger Lakes and north regions, maybe some of the southern tier but I am pretty sure they have their own set of rules there.
Upstate New Yorker: Oh wow, look we got over two feet of snow last night! Good thing I have four wheel drive!
New York City Person: Holy Crap and inch of snow! Mom, we have a snow day right? Snow like this is dangerous!
Upstate New Yorker: I'm from Phelps, um half way between rochester and syracuse, near geneva and canandaguia, kind by waterloo?
New York City Person: I am from Queens, you are a moron if you don't know where that is.
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An imaginary measurement of time that indicates an extreme quickness. Lending itself to the fast-paced lifestyle associated with New York City.
When I was in the Bronx I got mugged, shot, raped, and murdered in a New York Minute. In Detroit it would take at least 2.
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Went from contentders, to cocksuckers, when A-Holevision bought the Knicks, and the Rangers, from Dave Checketts. Both teams would never be the same again.
Damn you Cablevision! Damn you to Hell!
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