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It can be kind of depressing, living in upstate New York, because of that damn city, that grand ol’ attention whore, I cannot go anywhere without having to explain that I don’t live in a borough, I live three hours away! Can’t go to vote in November, without a voice in my mind reminding me they cancel us, that it’s all a waste of time. Can’t expect rights protected, not in the countryside, not when Urban know-it-alls think history has a ‘tide.’ And to top it off the upstate lands are quite something to see, overflowing with wilderness, and quiet, pastoral beauty. We got thunderous Niagara, and Letchworth’s massive gorge, Finger Lakes and wine country, Ontario’s freshwater shores. The rolling, lore-steeped Catskills, shot through with mighty cloves, the rocky Adirondacks, break sky with ancient stone, the grandeur of the Hudson carves it was through the scene, flanked by bucolic county, and deep wilderness serene. The north has the St. Lawrence, of Thousand Islands fame, the central lands have waterfalls, and are shot through with caves. The sheer walls of Shawangunk, the rugged beauty of Lake George, Champlain with its famous monster, Lake Placid’s Olympic sports. Yes, there’s quite a lot up here, so much for folks to see, all of it in the shadow, of that oversized city. Though now that I think of it, if the city wasn’t there, all those ten million people, would have to move somewhere… Oh, good lord, no! Come visit the Big Apple, it’s a magic place to go, the finest experience most folks will ever know! With skyscrapers, museums, great food on every plate, come visit New York City, I swear to God, it’s ‘great.’
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