Upstate New York Towns

[urbanhermit]

As I stated on a previous thread, if I didn't live in Utica, there are many parts of Upstate New York that I could easily call home. From as close as Clinton, to Lake Placid, Saratoga Springs and the Plattsburgh/ Lake Champlain area etc. Yesterday, my sister and I took a drive through part of the Finger Lakes Region. I was impressed by how nice Seneca Lake was and the Skaneatlas (sp?) region. If money were no object and you were limited to living in Upstate NY ( not NYC), what Town or City would you CHOOSE to live in and why?

[JGRobinson]

I love Munnsville!

[firstamendment]

Not sure where else in NYS I'd like to have lived or would like to move to. Growing up in Utica and then moving to Herkimer, it seems like a paradise in comparison. Not that Herkimer is that much better anymore but still.

The Adirondacks are always a nice visit but not sure I'd like to live that isolated. I don't mind having a few neighbors and stores fairly close but definitely not hustle and bustle of a major city.

[stoney]

INLET!!!

[ladyoracle]

I actually am more of a city person myself, although I prefer the access of a smaller city, not a really large city. In addition to where I am now, I like some of the neighborhoods and surrounding suburbs of Syracuse, drove through the Latham/Colonie area outside of Albany (truth is, I took a wrong turn and got lost) and the area there was beautiful. I love visiting the Adirondacks, but not sure I could manage there year-round; I'm with FA on that one.

[dgriffin]

When I was a young whippersnapper (no, that's not like Stoney) I would have been happy to live in the middle of Wyoming where you brought along a sleeping bag on a trip to the store.
But as I age ... gracefully sometimes, sometimes not ... I prefer to have a little life around me. Not Broadway by any means, but I now find it comforting to have people around me. I like nice neighborhoods and nearby entertainments, even if I seldom utilize them.

LadyO, if your side trip through Latham and Colonie also included Niskayuna, you certainly did see some fine neighborhoods. My kids and grandkids live in Colonie.

[bobbbiez]

I would probably love to live right at my camp at Delta Lake all year round if it was just a little bigger in size and winterized. It is truly a beautiful lake surrounded by plenty of woods that you would think you were in the Adirondacks minus the black flies and so close to Utica. Don't want to be too far from the kids and grand kids.

If I can't have that then I'm very satisfied to live right here at my new home in Marcy with no one close to us, plenty of land, our own little pond and only 5 minutes from Utica or the rest of the surrounding towns. Can't wish for any more then that. Guess I'm just a Mohawk Valley girl. ;D

[Clipper]

With the new Rome Utica Expressway complete, you are in a perfect place. Most of the heavy traffic bypasses that area of Marcy now and your particular place is very serene and nice. You can't beat that for a place close in, but rural in character, aside from the dealership across the road. Just buy a Mazda and you and Joey can become buddies and you won't have to go far for service, haha. I doubt that there is much noise from a car dealership, and they close by 8 at night or so don't they?

[bobbbiez]

No noise or do we hear any traffic which isn't much anyways cause we're too far up on the hill. Just birds. No dogs barking either cause we're the only one with one and we only have one neighbor a ways from us and she is in her 80's. Plus, she already knows when and if she decides to sell her home, we WILL be the buyer. ;D

[JGRobinson]

I do have Route 46 in my front yard, wish I could get rid of it! People like to crash, roll their cars over, smash into cars in my driveway and generally enter my free space with their autos too often. My 3.5 acre back/ side yard is heaven, pond, Apple Orchard, Grapes, Raspberries, tons of rhubarb and a priceless 20 square mile view of the valley that has very little human element in the view. I can see the Fenner windmills but I like them, quiet Neighbors as are the ones less than a quarter mile from my front door. I'm starting on my windmill this year, a big vertical one, we will see how that works out...

[stoney]

That sounds great, JG!!

Does this mean you'll be hosting a party for all the CC members in the relatively near future?? ;D

[JGRobinson]

Could be, I will have to work on Mrs Robinson and see if she's game!

[Clipper]

Take it from me, BZ, Dave, and Frank. It is a nightmare to organize and arrange. We did it for a picnic at Lake Delta a few years ago. We did end up with about 30 or so people there, and we DID have a good time, but it poured rain all day and we were stuck in a pavilion for the afternoon, but we had a great time meeting and greeting. The year before that we met at Denny's at Christmas time and simply had coffee, and some of BZ's great little cheesecake tarts, but once again, we had a great time. I think there were about 20 of us that night. Last year the musicians all had a reunion at Sylvan Beach and are having another this coming August. The forum has become the platform on which a lot of new friendships have been founded, and a lot of old one's renewed.

I have made a lot of friends here. Dave stopped here once on his way back North in the spring, and Kim and her family have camped here in Bristol. I have been to Kim's house in Greensboro NC, and I visit Ralph and BZ whenever I am in town. We DO have fun. The day after the picnic at Delta, Ralph and Betty, and I met at BZ;'s camp and Frankcor stopped by and took us for a ride on his pontoon boat.

Don't take the political discussions too seriously. They are actually no different than what is going on in DC at present. When they get heated, they always chill out again as I pray they will in DC. A good example of that is that even with my dislike of Obama, when Kim could not find an Obama lawn sign in Greensboro, I went down here to the Obama campaign headquarters, made a $12 donation in order to get her one. However outspoken political discussion may get, we have never lost friends over it.

Our discussions have included Dems, Republicans, Tea Party supporters, Libertarians, discussions of race, bigotry, religion, and every other touchy subject under the sun, and when we gathered, we all shook hands, hugged and got along like family.

[urbanhermit]

Mar 29, 2011 12:58:54 GMT -5 Clipper said:

Take it from me, BZ, Dave, and Frank. It is a nightmare to organize and arrange. We did it for a picnic at Lake Delta a few years ago. We did end up with about 30 or so people there, and we DID have a good time, but it poured rain all day and we were stuck in a pavilion for the afternoon, but we had a great time meeting and greeting. The year before that we met at Denny's at Christmas time and simply had coffee, and some of BZ's great little cheesecake tarts, but once again, we had a great time. I think there were about 20 of us that night. Last year the musicians all had a reunion at Sylvan Beach and are having another this coming August. The forum has become the platform on which a lot of new friendships have been founded, and a lot of old one's renewed.

I have made a lot of friends here. Dave stopped here once on his way back North in the spring, and Kim and her family have camped here in Bristol. I have been to Kim's house in Greensboro NC, and I visit Ralph and BZ whenever I am in town. We DO have fun. The day after the picnic at Delta, Ralph and Betty, and I met at BZ;'s camp and Frankcor stopped by and took us for a ride on his pontoon boat.

Don't take the political discussions too seriously. They are actually no different than what is going on in DC at present. When they get heated, they always chill out again as I pray they will in DC. A good example of that is that even with my dislike of Obama, when Kim could not find an Obama lawn sign in Greensboro, I went down here to the Obama campaign headquarters, made a $12 donation in order to get her one. However outspoken political discussion may get, we have never lost friends over it.

Our discussions have included Dems, Republicans, Tea Party supporters, Libertarians, discussions of race, bigotry, religion, and every other touchy subject under the sun, and when we gathered, we all shook hands, hugged and got along like family.

That's what I like to hear Clipper! Let's not forget that Ted Kennedy and Orrin Hatch were the best of friends and so were Tip O'Neil and Ronald Reagan. I know that for myself, I let my own ego get in the way a lot and it clouds my judgment. I always want to be "right" or feel that sense of "one-ups-manship" in a debate. It's a character "defect of mine, and I've lost too many friendships and acquaintances over petty political bickering. I must say that you and Dave are two of the nicest people that I have ever differed with, and without even knowing all of you, I can tell that you're good people and a fine "extended family".

[Clipper]

You hit the nail on the head Urbanhermit. It IS the oneupsmanship and ego that escalates some of the political posts to a heated level. I plead guilty to that one 100%. I guess it is present on most forums, and hard as we try it does raise it's ugly head here occasionally. Usually involving me and my dislike of the present administration. We never let it rise to the level of TOPIX, and in my case it is partially a hard head and a French Canadian temper. (no comments from the peanut gallery BZ)