A region in New York State around the Hudson River north of the immediate suburbs of New York. Contrary to every
travel guide I've ever seen, Lower Westchester is NOT part of the Hudson Valley, and grouping sophisticated metropolitan people like us with some upstate hicks is both insulting and degrading. Saying Mount Vernon has more in common with
trailer-trash Monticello, NY than with the Bronx is absolutely absurd.
Let's clarify the many regions of
NYS:
Noo Yawk - NYC, Lower Westchester county, and LI.
Upstate - anything north of
White Plains.