Date: Thu, 17 Oct 1996 22:54:16 -0400

From: "Bernard W. Kane" bkane[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]TIGGER.JVNC.NET

Subject: Re: Defining upstate



David Bergdahl writes:



Unless I misremember, in the '50s the primary difference between upstate and

downstate was political: upstate voted Republican and downstate Democratic.

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The political division holds true for other states. Also: undersigned former

Philadelphian always believed that "Upstate Pennsylvania" was every place in

the Commonwealth north and west of Philadelphia.