I'm surprised this happened in NY. That's the kind of BS you'd expect elsewhere.

This is so fucked up.
- Up-state NY is more rural and conservative. Towns in the mountains can be fairly small and isolated; those areas vote extremely red.
  
  Maybe but it was apparently in the Albany metro,
  
  I know folks commute there from the Adirondacks but Albany's one of the least religious cities in the world apparently
- As soon as you see “upstate”, you can bet it’s as provincial as any near midwestern state. I grew up along the southern border with PA. It’s more conservative than most people think. The Amish and Mennonite residents feel right at home in those communities.
  
  Ah, I had no idea.
  
  This wasn't along the border though it was in Albany.
  
  Upstate just means “not the city” of New York. I’m telling you about my knowledge of part of New York State, and, while anecdotal, I believe it is indicative of the more rural parts.
- It's upstate. Isn't that like republican central?
  
  Upstate, downstate, all around state. Anywhere outside of large urban centers-state.
  
  It's the same all around America. Further from the cities you get, the more you find people exhibiting inexplicable Southern affectation, MAGA cultism and general shitheel behavior. Like, there are portions of North East OH that are geographically closer to Canada than the Mason Dixon Line, yet they're still flying traitor flags and sound more southern than actual southerners.
  
  That Erie Canal route basically drags the rest of the state around kicking and screaming.
  
  Even if the Syracuse, Utica, Rochester, Buffalo types resent being associated with NYC, they still vote the same shade of blue more often than not. Just a difference between east coast lefty vs Midwest lefty, because seriously, Erie Canal cities are just the furthest flung eastern fringes of the Midwest

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