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I'm european.
What does "upstate" mean?
New York City is located in the southeastern corner of the state, so "upstate NY" means basically everything north/west of the NYC metro area. It's a word that is pretty much exclusively used for New York.
Nooooo ... You were supposed to say "What's upstate dog?“
Wait... I might be confusing it with something else.
what's up, state dog?
https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/updog
Just in case you didnt know!
To further clarify expr's explanation, most people are familiar with new york only by way of new york city. Shockingly (/s), new york city, a city confined by small island and shoreline with a population of 8 million+, is an entirely different beast than the entire state with a slightly larger population. So people generally differentiate upstate new york with the moniker to explicitly refer to how it is different; mainly being rather rural outside of the 'minor' metropolitan areas like albany. The 'up' part is because most folks think of north as 'up' due to maps being oriented that way.
The majority of the state is actually above NYC
Hence the line, "The 'up' part is because most folks think of north as 'up' due to maps being oriented that way."
Northern part of the state, it's not an official description and everyone will have a different definition of where upstate starts.