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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?

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[-] 8565@lemmy.techtriage.guru 3 points 8 months ago

Where does the line for this lie? I've lived in Northern LP most of my life and I've never heard it

[-] bonn2@lemm.ee 2 points 8 months ago

I'm also in northern LP. We use it for when we are planning a trip to Detroit, for example.

[-] 8565@lemmy.techtriage.guru 1 points 8 months ago

Now that you say it like that maybe I have heard it in this context. I just avoid that area lol

[-] evasive_chimpanzee@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago

The bridge

[-] 8565@lemmy.techtriage.guru 1 points 8 months ago

It'd have to be. Didn't hear it when. I lived in Marquette either tho

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