Talk:Western New York
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[edit] Wegmans
There are Wegmens in Central New York as well as the Southern Tier. This should be taken out.--Niro5 17:19, 13 July 2006 (UTC)
- Niro5 has a point, but perhaps a clarification that Rochester and WNY are the home of Wegmans would make more sense. Yes, Wegmans now has about 70 stores throughout NY, PA, NJ and VA, but it still is closely identified with WNY (probably due to its family-owned character). Jim Dunning 18:50, 28 July 2006 (UTC)
- Wegmans started in Rochester (1st store), and has since expanded throughout WNY and into Central NY, and parts of PA, etc. If Wegmans is retained in this article that should be mentioned.Truthunmasked 10:19, 24 February 2007 (UTC)
[edit] soda vs pop vs soda-pop
also meny buffalonians dissagree with your discription of Pop Vs. Soda. --Bonojohn 04:12, 17 July 2006 (UTC)--
- Do we? I've been living in Boston and started calling it "soda" in self-defense because no one understood "pop," but when I called it that among family, I was ridiculed for putting on airs! Miss w 05:50, 17 August 2006 (UTC)
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- Western New York is probably the only place I've ever been in the United States where everyone has universally used the term 'pop' to the same degree as we do on the western side of the Niagara River. In fact, this is quite clearly demonstrated on the Pop vs Soda page. Snickerdo 01:18, 21 August 2006 (UTC)
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- Sometimes referred to as the "Syracuse/Rochester Line" (that's self-research, don't include), there are several terms that switch between Syracuse and Rochester. Another example is "Monkey in the Middle" (east of the line) vs. "Pickle in the Middle" (west of the line). -newkai t-c 00:42, 1 October 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Upstate differentiation
While the differentiation between western and upstate is clear to Western New Yorkers (how many times a week do we have to give the long-suffering sigh and say, "No, I'm not from upstate New York, I'm from western New York"?), it's entirely lost on people not from the region. (Conversation in Portland, OR: "I'm not from Upstate; I'm from a town near Buffalo."/"That's pretty far upstate, isn't it?")
Something should be mentioned about the nature of the region--just defining it isn't enough to merit a full article. Economy? History? Agriculture? Heck, even links to the articles on the counties and towns would be useful here. There just doesn't seem much available. It's hard to tell how much of the area is rural and farm-based from this article. Miss w 05:57, 17 August 2006 (UTC)
- This bit of text: "Residents of the area use the term "Western New York" to distinguish themselves from residents of Upstate New York." implies that Western New York is not part of Upstate New York. I'm rewording to clarify. Also some copyedits, like removing condescending use of "crass" for Western New York dialect terms like "pop". Pfly 00:59, 6 October 2006 (UTC)
- Um, also, there is a 190 MB image on the page? Takes forever to load. Removing. Pfly 01:00, 6 October 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Livingston and Monroe Counties (where are they?) in Western New York
Livingston, Monroe, and part of Wyoming Counties are in Western New York. I think we should refer to them as the Genesee Valley region counties of Western New York rather than "Central New York".
- I grew up in Wyoming County, and it was always referred to as Western New York. Anyone I grew up with would be very confused by a "Central New York" listing! There wasn't even a question about it. And I was on the eastern side of it (Perry). Central New York is the Finger Lakes region. Miss w 16:29, 4 December 2006 (UTC)
