Midwest - Snow Road Closures

[edwaleni]

The lack of outstate knowledge from big metro dwellers isn't limited to Illinois.

And there's perhaps no state this applies more to than New York.

For many NYC and LI residents, upstate NY might as well be another planet. What they don't realize is that for 6+ million people in their own state, they are the ones on another planet.

Yes, I told someone in NYC at work that I was going to Elmira NY. Huh? Where in the H is that? I said its in the Southern Tier.  Whats a Southern Tier? they said. I gave up.

[hotdogPi]

Yes, I told someone in NYC at work that I was going to Elmira NY. Huh? Where in the H is that? I said its in the Southern Tier.  Whats a Southern Tier? they said. I gave up.

Would they understand "on the border of New York and Pennsylvania"?

[webny99]

Yes, I told someone in NYC at work that I was going to Elmira NY. Huh? Where in the H is that? I said its in the Southern Tier.  Whats a Southern Tier? they said. I gave up.

Would they understand "on the border of New York and Pennsylvania"?

"Pencilvania? That's the other side of Joisey!"