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?

  • TheFriar
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    4 months ago

    Yeah, I’ve lived in quite a few different states, but only in NYC do I hear and use “upstate.”