Jeep Wrangler Forum banner

Upstate NY? Need a laugh?

7K views 46 replies 39 participants last post by  mccdad 
#1 ·
Just got an email from my friend in NYC.

Things that you understand if you live in upstate New York:

1. Your idea of a traffic jam is 10 cars waiting to pass a tractor on the highway.
2. You measure distance in hours.
3. You know several people who have hit deer more than once.
4. You often switch from "heat" to "A/C" in the same day.
5. You stay in your house most of the summer because you aren't used to the heat.
6. You drive at 55 mph through 10 feet of snow during a raging blizzard without flinching.
7. You see people wearing hunting clothes at social events.
8. You install security lights on your house and garage but leave both unlocked.
9. One of your neighbors constantly has bonfires.
10. You carry jumper cables in your car and your girlfriend knows how to use them.
11. There are 7 empty cars running in the parking lot at the supermarket at any given time.
12. Your idea of a huge party is one with lots of cheap beer and some people you go to school with.
13. Driving is better in the winter because the potholes are filled in with snow.
14. You know 4 seasons: almost winter, winter, cold, construction.
15. It takes you 2 hours to go to the store for one item even when you're in a rush because you have to stop and talk to everyone in town.
16. At least 6 people that you see a day have beards and stains on the front of their shirt.
17. Cows are just part of the scenery.
18. At least fives times in your normal travel day you will pass or be passed by a beat-up, old ass car that has had an attempted pimping out, such as a brand new oversized spoiler on a rust covered trunk, spinning hubcaps, or everyone's favorite, the performance exhaust on a car running on barely three cylinders.
19. 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.
20. The smell of freshly spread cow manure doesn't bother you.
21. Its perfectly normal for your life's aspirations to be working for the county.
22. Getting "dressed up" means tucking your shirt into your jeans and putting on clean work boots.
23. Halloween costumes are always designed around a snowsuit and winter boots.
24. You know damn well that the Verizon guy didn't walk through your town going, "Can you hear me now?" because reception is, at best, limited.
25. You know what 4-H is.
26. You ever went to a party that was held about 20 miles down a deserted dirt road.
27. You said the 'F' word and your parents knew within an hour.
28. You ever went or thought about going cow-tipping.
29. It was cool to date someone from a neighboring town.
30. You had a senior skip day.
31. You can't help but date a friend's ex.
32. Your car is always filthy from the dirt roads.
33. The town next to you is considered "trashy" or "snotty" when it is just like your town.
34. Getting paid minimum wage is considered a raise.
35. You refer to anyone with a house newer than 1980 as the "rich people."
36. The people in the big city dress funny then you pick up on the cool new trend two years later.
37. You bragged to your friends because you got pipes on your truck for your birthday.
38. On Fridays, anyone you want to find can be found at Main Street or the Dairy Queen.
39. Weekend excitement involves a trip to RiteAid.
40. Even the ugly people enter beauty contests.
41. You decide to walk for exercise and 5 people pull over and ask you if you need a ride.
42. Your teachers call you by your older sibling's name.
43. You leave your jacket on the back of the chair in the cafe, and when you go back the next day, it's still there, on the same chair.
44. You don't signal turns because everyone knows where you're going, anyway.
45. You call a wrong number and they supply you with the correct one.
46. You have to name six surrounding towns to explain to people where you're from.
47. Driving to the party on a four wheeler is quite normal.
48. The town population increases by one-third when the universities go on break.
49. You laugh your head off reading this because you know it's true and then forward it to everyone in your address book, which is actually half your town.
 
See less See more
#36 ·
I lived there when I was a kid. Right between Alterie's and Petrol. Kindergarten through 7th grade. What class were you?

Chateaugay ny here
Chateaugay as well
Guys...I live in Morrisonville...just outside of Plattsburgh. Do yas hunt? I've fished Chateaugay Lake a few times. Bought a few guns and guitars from Dick's too!


What's funny is most NYC people consider anything above the city upstate. Upstate don't even start until you get above Saratoga...even DEC shows that in it's northern and southern zone map.

Northern - Southern Zone Line:

A line separating the Northern and Southern Zone portions of New York State described as follows: a line commencing at a point at the north shore of the Salmon river and its junction with Lake Ontario and extending easterly along the north shore of that river to the village of Pulaski, thence southerly along Route 11 to its intersection with Route 49 in the village of Central Square, thence easterly along Route 49 to its junction with Route 365 in the city of Rome, thence easterly along Route 365 to its junction with Route 28 in the village of Trenton, thence easterly along Route 28 to its junction with Route 29 in the village of Middleville, thence easterly along Route 29 to its junction with Route 4, thence northerly along Route 4 to its junction with Route 22, thence northerly and westerly along Route 22 to the eastern shore of South Bay on Lake Champlain in the village of Whitehall, thence northerly along the eastern shore of South Bay to the New York-Vermont boundary.
Funny things those NYC people say....aye? :cool:
 
#32 ·
#51: the local snow mobile association asks permission to run the trail through your property - and you assume they already had permission.
 
#16 ·
Im 15 min south of buffalo but use to research and wheel seasonal roads in the southern tier durring the winter. Jeepless now so I don't do it currently.. I have not yet camped in letchworth.. actually never really got into camping as it was somehting my dad or my friends were really interested in when i was growing up.. I drove through nunda so I could take the 390 down to bath ny for a backcountry4wheeler event as they own there own property and hold 2 or 3 events there a year
 
#17 ·
XJ Knight said:
Im 15 min south of buffalo but use to research and wheel seasonal roads in the southern tier durring the winter. Jeepless now so I don't do it currently.. I have not yet camped in letchworth.. actually never really got into camping as it was somehting my dad or my friends were really interested in when i was growing up.. I drove through nunda so I could take the 390 down to bath ny for a backcountry4wheeler event as they own there own property and hold 2 or 3 events there a year
O that's pretty cool I'll have to check that out its maybe 40min from me
 
#18 ·
2. You measure distance in hours.
3. You know several people who have hit deer more than once.
6. You drive at 55 mph through 10 feet of snow during a raging blizzard without flinching.

8. You install security lights on your house and garage but leave both unlocked.
9. One of your neighbors constantly has bonfires.


14. You know 4 seasons: almost winter, winter, cold, construction.

20. The smell of freshly spread cow manure doesn't bother you.
21. Its perfectly normal for your life's aspirations to be working for the county.
22. Getting "dressed up" means tucking your shirt into your jeans and putting on clean work boots.
23. Halloween costumes are always designed around a snowsuit and winter boots.

26. You ever went to a party that was held about 20 miles down a deserted dirt road.

47. Driving to the party on a four wheeler is quite normal.
Meh. Some of them were true. Some of my buds from up in the Adirondack areas probably got more of them. I was out by Rochester.
 
#19 ·
I live in very Northern NY (Lisbon, NY), right across from the Canadian border and this cracked me up!

My version would be:
1. Your idea of a traffic jam is 5 cars waiting to pass an Amish Buggy on the highway.
2. You measure distance in hours and give directions using only landmarks (like take a right at the big hill or the ol' barn).
3. You know several people who have hit deer more than once within a few miles of their own house.
 
#20 ·
For those from Rochester. This is hilariously accurate...except there should be more bitching about 104.

 
This is an older thread, you may not receive a response, and could be reviving an old thread. Please consider creating a new thread.
Top