OT: The Geography of NY

[LGR4GM]

I don't think Rochester is western ny.

[inkman]

I don't think Rochester is western ny.

Every single person of authority disagrees

[bcsaberks]

I don't think Rochester is western ny.

What do you think it is?  Upstate, like Westchester County?  Central, like SYR and Utica?  Finger Lakes, like Ithaca and Watkins Glen?   Or something different?

[inkman]

If Wikipedia says it,it must be so.????

 

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_New_York

[darksabre]

I lived there for ten years. You can drive there for dinner. It's WNY.

[LGR4GM]

The southern tier is definitely not wny. It's literally the southern tier.

I lived there for ten years. You can drive there for dinner. It's WNY.

I would say West of Leroy. I grew up 30 min from Rochester. Never heard ppl call it wny.

[erickompositör72]

geographically, I suppose it can be argued either way, but I feel the culture/vibe of the two are the most similar of any other NYS cities

[LGR4GM]

I consider Rochester and Syracuse more alike.

Also it's kinda fun nitpicking this area. It really is 6 to 1, half a dozen.

[Weave]

I consider Rochester and Syracuse more alike.

Also it's kinda fun nitpicking this area. It really is 6 to 1, half a dozen.

 

Syracuse is Buffalo's poorer, smaller brother.

[darksabre]

I consider Rochester and Syracuse more alike.

Also it's kinda fun nitpicking this area. It really is 6 to 1, half a dozen.

See, I don't think Rochester and Syracuse are that similar at all. But I do agree you'll see Syracuse things around Rochester like Spiedies. But even then, you're pushing more South and East of Rochester into places like Lima before you start seeing that stuff. In the transition zone.

[SwampD]

I consider Rochester and Syracuse more alike. Also it's kinda fun nitpicking this area. It really is 6 to 1, half a dozen.

Is that just a notion, or from personal experience spending time in all three? Cuz I find hanging in Rochester feels way more like Buffalo than hanging in Syracuse.

[LGR4GM]

Is that just a notion, or from personal experience spending time in all three? Cuz I find hanging in Rochester feels way more like Buffalo than hanging in Syracuse.

Personal. I feel that Syracuse and Rochester felt similar. Of course Syracuse I haven't spent a lot of time in in years so maybe it's a faulty memory.

[LGR4GM]

 

I wonder if I think Syracuse and Rochester feel similar because I spent the majority of time there during the same age.

[sodbuster]

I consider the Genesee River the unofficial border of WNY.

[Weave]

I consider the Genesee River the unofficial border of WNY.

 

Given that the 1st Finger Lake is about 5 miles east as the crow flies from the Genny, I think that is a pretty fair delineation.

[LGR4GM]

Someone just suggested that Geneva is the line. Geneva is in the finger lakes. Definitely not wny

[darksabre]

Someone just suggested that Geneva is the line. Geneva is in the finger lakes. Definitely not wny

I suggested that there's a transition zone, with Geneva (rt-14) being the easternmost limit, if the objective is to identify what is WNY and what is CNY. 390 to 14 is like Townline is to Alden/Lancaster

[LGR4GM]

I suggested that there's a transition zone, with Geneva (rt-14) being the easternmost limit, if the objective is to identify what is WNY and what is CNY. 390 to 14 is like Townline is to Alden/Lancaster

But it's the finger lakes.

[Stoner]

Might I suggest WNY is a vibe of sorts and is not tied to geography necessarily? Sort of like how Brooklyn is not Long Island.

 

Is Jamestown WNY?

[LGR4GM]

Might I suggest WNY is a vibe of sorts and is not tied to geography necessarily? Sort of like how Brooklyn is not Long Island.

 

Is Jamestown WNY?

I think you're right.

[SwampD]

I suggested that there's a transition zone, with Geneva (rt-14) being the easternmost limit, if the objective is to identify what is WNY and what is CNY. 390 to 14 is like Townline is to Alden/Lancaster

I would bet that someone fron Penn Yan or Canadaigua says they are from the Finger Lakes more often than they say they are from WNY.

[LGR4GM]

I would bet that someone fron Penn Yan or Canadaigua says they are from the Finger Lakes more often than they say they are from WNY.

Yup.

[3putt]

I think the Genesee river is about right, and Jtown is definitely western New York. The Cattaraugus creek is the Mason Dixon between the Southern tier and Niagara frontier. You’re welcome

[Ogre]

So I came from no-man’s-land to Syracuse 26 yrs ago. Never fell into the vibe there. I found myself in Canandaigua four years later, onto Conesus Lake for four years, several years in Lima, several more in Avon and five in my new love, Bloomfield. I’m a WNYer, I belong to a Rochester LU...I’m a québécois redneck shifted into a WNYer. It’s been quite the journey.

No offense to Syracuse, but that place sucks. IMO Geneva is the point where it shifts.

[Taro T]

I don't think Rochester is western ny.

You are wrong.

I would bet that someone fron Penn Yan or Canadaigua says they are from the Finger Lakes more often than they say they are from WNY.

Penn Yan AIN'T WNY. That's Menonite country.

 

And, Canandaiguans probabably consider themselves Finger Lakers (they live on one for gosh sakes) but nobody cares because they're wanna be Skaneatelesers which is definitely Finger Lakes.

Might I suggest WNY is a vibe of sorts and is not tied to geography necessarily? Sort of like how Brooklyn is not Long Island.

Is Jamestown WNY?

Lost out on an ECAC title in HS to them (even though they're nearly an hour from Erie County) so DEFINITELY NOT. (But if Lucy wants to claim WNY status, we'll throw her a bone.)

I suggested that there's a transition zone, with Geneva (rt-14) being the easternmost limit, if the objective is to identify what is WNY and what is CNY. 390 to 14 is like Townline is to Alden/Lancaster

Would actually argue it's closer to Rte 89, but Rte 14 is close to the transition and is a reasonable delineation point. Edited February 1, 2018 by Taro T