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I know what is considered "upstate NY" is murky, subjective and hotly debated.
But I cant think of a single metric by which Yonkers could possibly fit the bill. It is quite literally indistinguishable from the Bronx until you look at the lettering on police cars and fire trucks.
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Yep. I've lived in TEN counties excluding when I lived in da Bronx and Manhattan
Queens, Nassau, Westchester, Orange, Greene, Sullivan, Genesee, Erie, Warren and Albany.
No one, and I mean no one in 35 years have I ever heard call Yonkers upstate.
I did hear one nice lady from Staten Island say she was going to visit family upstate in Rye and Tarrytown. I didn't hassle her.
For me, if I am in NYC or speaking to a NYacer, anything not touching NYC is upstate - so all of Putnam and Rockland and above.
If I am speaking to most others, north of I 90, or I 84 simply based on my (our) location.