gravitylover Posted December 30, 2015 Share Posted December 30, 2015 To be fair 99% of us would probably consider your area to be upstate NY. Most of you guys would probably consider anything north and west of I95 upstate, ehh, I'll even give you the BX/W'chester line. Reality is like Brian said we are really part of the metro area in many ways including the NWS CWA zones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gravitylover Posted December 30, 2015 Share Posted December 30, 2015 When we first broke out into the regions we had a Hudson Valley thread in the Upstate forum. And that didn't work out well at all because our weather has nothing to do with the weather north of about central Dutchess county (at least on this side of the river.) We were mostly ignored by the folks further up and had our own discussion because even the Albany NWS office doesn't talk about us at all but the Upton (NYC metro office) does. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UlsterCountySnowZ Posted December 30, 2015 Share Posted December 30, 2015 Most of you guys would probably consider anything north and west of I95 upstate, ehh, I'll even give you the BX/W'chester line. Reality is like Brian said we are really part of the metro area in many ways including the NWS CWA zones. That's where it's tough, especially for me, my NWS is Albany, but I'm just as far from Albany as I am NYC, I usually follow Orange counties advisories from Binghamton before listening to my own... From NYC to the Canadian border straight north on 87, is 342 miles, I'm currently 78 miles north of NYC... Not even close to upstate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gravitylover Posted December 30, 2015 Share Posted December 30, 2015 Heh, for the last 10+ years that I worked downtown nearly everybody there would have agreed that anything north of Central Park is upstate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IrishRob17 Posted December 30, 2015 Share Posted December 30, 2015 That's where it's tough, especially for me, my NWS is Albany, but I'm just as far from Albany as I am NYC, I usually follow Orange counties advisories from Binghamton before listening to my own... From NYC to the Canadian border straight north on 87, is 342 miles, I'm currently 78 miles north of NYC... Not even close to upstate Upton has Orange, Binghamton has Sullivan, Albany has Dutchess and Ulster, and Mount Holly has Sussex. We are on the border of everyone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian5671 Posted December 30, 2015 Share Posted December 30, 2015 Yes, we know that most of you believe upstate to be anything north of the TZ bridge. I thought anything north of Yonkers was upstate? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IrishRob17 Posted December 30, 2015 Share Posted December 30, 2015 I thought anything north of Yonkers was upstate? Years ago I met my cousin, who lives out in Suffolk, at MSG for a concert, she couldn't couldn't understand how we each got on the train at home at the same time and got to NYC at the same time since I live "upstate". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pasnownut Posted December 30, 2015 Share Posted December 30, 2015 Philly w/ NYC.... or Philly w/ upstate ny/pa (my home) I'd say combine w/ NYC is my first choice as it makes most geographic sense, and the weather is not too dissimilar in both regions. Combining w/ Upstate NY and PA, while close to some of us geographically, is a night and day difference in what philly gets vs state college or buffalo... Nut Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian5671 Posted December 30, 2015 Share Posted December 30, 2015 Years ago I met my cousin, who lives out in Suffolk, at MSG for a concert, she couldn't couldn't understand how we each got on the train at home at the same time and got to NYC at the same time since I live "upstate". LI folks are funny-they think anything not on LI is a foreign country! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rittenhouse Posted December 30, 2015 Share Posted December 30, 2015 Regardless of whether we merge with Philly, I think we need to add a Northeast Snowstorm subforum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snywx Posted December 30, 2015 Share Posted December 30, 2015 To be fair 99% of us would probably consider your area to be upstate NY. And thats the problem.. That is far from reality. If you tell someone in Syracuse that you live "upstate" and actually lived in Newburgh they would look at you like you had something hanging from your head. I lived in the Bronx for 20 years, and anything north of the Cross county is considered "upstate" lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snywx Posted December 30, 2015 Share Posted December 30, 2015 Years ago I met my cousin, who lives out in Suffolk, at MSG for a concert, she couldn't couldn't understand how we each got on the train at home at the same time and got to NYC at the same time since I live "upstate". The funny thing about all this is that Orange county is closer to Manhattan than 60-70% of Suffolk county yet its considered to far to be in the subforum. It all comes down to the winter climate. Its a completely different world up here compared to the coast and because of that we are isolated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rjay Posted December 30, 2015 Author Share Posted December 30, 2015 We have a great group of guys in the nw burbs thread. I'm happy you're all here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BxEngine Posted December 30, 2015 Share Posted December 30, 2015 We have a great group of guys in the nw burbs thread. I'm happy you're all here. They suck stop lying Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IrishRob17 Posted December 30, 2015 Share Posted December 30, 2015 We have a great group of guys in the nw burbs thread. I'm happy you're all here. Stop sucking up. They suck stop lying You're ugly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NycStormChaser Posted December 30, 2015 Share Posted December 30, 2015 I think people are putting too much thought into all of this. There is an old saying...don't fix what isn't broken. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baroclinic Zone Posted December 30, 2015 Share Posted December 30, 2015 This is being seriously considered. I opened up pandora's box. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snywx Posted December 30, 2015 Share Posted December 30, 2015 I think people are putting too much thought into all of this. There is an old saying...don't fix what isn't broken. How old? Never heard it before Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juliancolton Posted December 30, 2015 Share Posted December 30, 2015 I think people are putting too much thought into all of this. There is an old saying...don't fix what isn't broken. I think there's a lot of merit in trying to improve something, even if it isn't strictly "broken". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluewave Posted December 30, 2015 Share Posted December 30, 2015 Merge Philly into the Mid Atlantic and the far north and west NYC burbs into Upstate NY and PA. Lets say if you are north and west of NYC and your seasonal average 81-10 snowfall is over 40 inches, you can vote to merge with Upstate NY and PA forum. Roughly any areas north and west of the light red 40 inch line. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baroclinic Zone Posted December 30, 2015 Share Posted December 30, 2015 Love the link to snowfall rather than pure geography. Serious business snowfall is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SACRUS Posted December 30, 2015 Share Posted December 30, 2015 I am from the old school and think PHL/NYC should be combined and during storms two threads should be created. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rjay Posted December 30, 2015 Author Share Posted December 30, 2015 I am from the old school and think PHL/NYC should be combined and during storms two threads should be created. According to many lurkers in both subforums that would be too hard to follow. Lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baroclinic Zone Posted December 30, 2015 Share Posted December 30, 2015 According to many lurkers in both subforums that would be too hard to follow. Lol. We all know weather can vary wildly within our our sub-forums. At a minimum I personally think the NYC/Philly Forums should merge. I could also see the PA/Upstate NY sub-forum merged in as well to create a Tri-State sub-forum. It would be similar to New England with the 6 states. At that point members can create threads as they see fit to their locale. We've had a NNE thread in ours for years now since they're climate is different than SNE. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IrishRob17 Posted December 30, 2015 Share Posted December 30, 2015 According to many lurkers in both subforums that would be too hard to follow. Lol. Surely you can't be serious! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pazzo83 Posted December 30, 2015 Share Posted December 30, 2015 Why don't we do a sub forum for every zip code in the Northeast? That should make things easy enough to follow, right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BxEngine Posted December 30, 2015 Share Posted December 30, 2015 Why don't we do a sub forum for every zip code in the Northeast? That should make things easy enough to follow, right? Works for me, i have the highest elevation in my zipcode. I will crush all Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pazzo83 Posted December 30, 2015 Share Posted December 30, 2015 Works for me, i have the highest elevation in my zipcode. I will crush all Those guys in 10017 and 10010 are being real jerks gloating about the snow they are getting, while all of us down in 10280 and 10006 can only look on with jealousy. Sick of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baroclinic Zone Posted December 30, 2015 Share Posted December 30, 2015 Works for me, i have the highest elevation in my zipcode. I will crush all 90210? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ericjcrash Posted December 30, 2015 Share Posted December 30, 2015 Could go by forecast office because people are bickering over region. If you're under the same office clearly you're in the same region. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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