1. Everyone is way too nice here.

Its unsettling how nice people are here, like please, do you need something in particular from me??

2. Cars actually stop for you when you're crossing the road.

I swear you could get away with crossing the highway and cars would literally let you pass! Downstate you could get hit crossing a cross walk.

3. People walk eerily close to you.

When people walk that close to you in the city, they want to rob you. Otherwise everyone stays in their own lanes and we all pretend no one else exists.

4. No one knows what the city is like. They have towns here.

I told someone I'm from around the city, and they asked me if I meant Rochester.

I absolutely did not mean Rochester, please stop referring to your towns as cities.

5. People actually help you when you ask for directions.

People just don't give out directions down state, if you can't find your way around town by yourself then you should probably just move.

6. No one seems to mind the freezing cold.

Here I am literally wearing a winter coat, and I see this girl in a tank and shorts. And apparently 60 degrees is considered boiling hot up here.

7. There's a constant debate on what constitutes upstate.

Like, no, there's three regions in New York: the city, above the city, and upstate.