Upstate New York

I grew up in the Finger Lakes, spent every summer in the Adirondacks. I often take the train to the city just to enjoy the views of the Hudson Valley. I could knock off half a point for Albany but then I climb Cobbs Hill in Rochester or see a movie at Cinemapolis on the Ithaca Commons or drink a Cream Soda from Stewart's and remember it's all beautiful to me.

The winters are harsh and alienating. Constantly simmering in a stew of post industrial malaise. It’d be almost kinda romantic if it weren’t so horrible