Definition of UPSTATE

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Founded initially as a low-fi art gallery in a barn upstate, Green River Project LLC was a space to do side projects outside their day jobs as artist’s assistants: Aujla for Nate Lowman, and Bloomstein for Robert Goeber. — Kaitlin Phillips, Vogue, "Green River Project LLC Debuts Elegant, Lounge-Ready Furniture Alongside Bode’s Menswear," 11 July 2018 In the interview, Ms. Miner took particular aim at Mr. Cuomo’s ethics, his economic development record upstate and the worsening woes of New York City’s subway system. — Shane Goldmacher, New York Times, "Stephanie Miner to Make Independent Bid to Challenge Cuomo," 18 June 2018 Turns out Betsy Ross is the biggest lie your kindergarten teacher ever told you (except that Bubbles the class gerbil was moving to a farm upstate). — Josh Axelrod And Saeed Ahmed, CNN, "It's Flag Day. Here are some fun facts about the American flag you may not have known," 14 June 2018 The drive upstate is usually gorgeous, but a steady downpour obscured the vistas. — Susan Spencer, Woman's Day, "A Weekend with the Girls in a BMW 435i Convertible," 17 July 2014 MedMen grows everything sold in the store upstate in Utica, .N.Y, but this means a more limited variety of offerings compared to their locations on the west coast. — Grace Donnelly, Fortune, "Marijuana Dispensary Opens on Fifth Avenue in Manhattan on 4/20," 20 Apr. 2018 The conclusion is drawn out even further by a scene that seems to have been written for Redgrave, playing the housekeeper at Walter’s beloved home upstate. — Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, "The Inheritance and the Ambitions of Queer Art," 18 Apr. 2018 Ben Sinclair needed to get the R.V. upstate for the winter. — Steven Kurutz, New York Times, "Brooklyn’s Favorite Pot Dealer Returns," 18 Jan. 2018 Recently on a trip to our family home upstate, our mother asked him to move to the end of our deck to smoke his cigarette. — Amy Dickinson, Detroit Free Press, "Know-it-all brother doesn’t know relationships," 8 Oct. 2017

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