This confuses me. Is it just me... I was taught that New York was a northern atlantic state. So why do people in Up state New York Thinks they are from New England?
2006-08-04 14:31:58 · 15 answers · asked by officeofimpressions 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
wanted to add for the people from New York who say that they have never heard that said. I live in Vermont we boarder up state new york and people in NY towns in Granville, hartford, Salem,Fort Edward, glen falls, the catskills, lake george have said to me at different times that they are New Englanders and they are not! It makes me want to choke them!
2006-08-04 14:50:58 · update #1
How dare they! The are not New Englanders.No self respecting New Englander would DARE claim they are from New York! New England is Maine,Vermont,New Hampshire,Massachusetts,Rhode Isalnd and Conneticut. NOT New York.Bah!
2006-08-04 14:38:10 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 6⤊ 2⤋
So sorry, guys, lived in upstate NY for a loooong time now, and I have NEVER referred to myself as a New Englander nor heard of another New Yorker do such a thing. If they had, they would have HAD to be corrected, since New York is DEFINITELY NOT one of the New England states.
2006-08-04 14:46:49 · answer #2 · answered by Helga J 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
New York is not in New England. New England is Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Vermont, New Hampshire & Maine. I have no idea why they call themselves New Englanders but they aren't.
2006-08-04 14:45:19 · answer #3 · answered by genaddt 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
All of New York is part of New England
2006-08-04 14:35:44 · answer #4 · answered by Rich M 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
A yankee exchange right into a nickname for human beings from the northern (somewhat northeastern) states (New England section, long island, Pennsylvania, New Jersey...) a protracted time in the past, yet i do no longer think of every physique somewhat makes use of it anymore. exterior of the U. S., a lot of human beings use it or Yank to intend any American. I have not have been given any thought the place it began, sorry.
2016-10-01 11:58:02 · answer #5 · answered by lishego 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because it is still New England, in essence. And Upstate New York is also influence by what you call 'real' New England states like NewHampshire and Mass. And, I'm thinking it sounds wierd to call yourself a "NorthEasterner".
2006-08-04 14:37:54 · answer #6 · answered by thesecitiessleep 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i have lived in vermont, Massachusetts, upstate and downstate new york. when i lived in vermont residents called themselves Vermonters (more then new englanders) in Massachusetts people were new englanders or red sox fans
upstate new york is where i have spent most of my time - we are new yorkers. in fact most of us would find it insulting to be called new englanders - not because we hate new england, i like it a lot. just new yorkers are proud to be new yorkers
2006-08-04 17:12:55 · answer #7 · answered by SAMANTHA BAKER 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I would imagine that it sounds more refined and prestigious to refer to oneself as a "New Englander" as opposed to saying "I come from upstate New York". I mean what do people from New York call themselves anyway? New Yorkers? New Yorkians?
2006-08-04 14:45:15 · answer #8 · answered by Martin S 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I think it's because they are so close to the New England states that they just informally refer to themselves as New Englanders.
2006-08-04 14:36:13 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
they are not supposed to call themselves new englanders . new englanders are people from Connecticut
Maine
Massachusetts
New Hampshire
Rhode Island
Vermont
i guess you're confused because i live in ny and we are not call like that.
people from new york are called ''Mid-Atlantic'' .
2006-08-04 14:37:27 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋