1.) The largest city in the United States. Popular for tourism and boasts good food, low crime rates, and close proximity to other cities such as Philadelphia, Boston, and Washington, D.C.

2.) A state anyone who doesn't live there forgets that it exists. Residents of Upstate New York will have to clarify that they don't live in the city when they say "New York".
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Person wearing "I Heart NY" shirt: I just went to New York, it's such a great city!

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Person: Where are you from?
Upstate NY resident: New York.
Person: The city, right?
Upstate NY resident: No, I live upstate.
Person: Oh.
by Spacemace July 10, 2015
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The worst city in the United States. New Yorkers claim that outsiders "don't understand", but "not understanding" is an understatement. New York is a place where people walk when they shouldn't walk, shouldn't walk when they should, and pay more than a million dollars to live in neighborhoods like "The Village", that just a decade ago was considered "ghetto". The city of New York is, at best, a nice place to visit for a day or two, but no one would ever, EVER want to live there.

...except people from New Jersey, who would give their right testicular to be considered New Yorkers.
New York would be a great vacation spot, if it wasn't so noisy!
by whole.fn.show July 11, 2008
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1) The greatest city in the world. Hell, the ONLY city in the world. The City contains 5 boroughs: Queens, Brooklyn, Manhattan, The Bronx, and Staten Island.
2) Upstate New York, a lackluster farm area in New York State outside of the city. Includes, but is not limitod to, Longisland, Rockman's, Dutchiss, Pakipsy Adderrhondax, and Buffolloe.
by Queensguy February 19, 2005
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An amazing state with more than just the city. Upstate new york does not include

longisland. It is a farming region of new york. Has beautiful scenery,

waterfalls, streams, rivers, ect. New york is the home of the real bagels and

real(new york style) pizza. It is also home of the new york coney island dog.

Has a strong dutch, italian, greek ancestry. Uses the word wicked. Has high

taxes is a expensive and ritzy area. And is beautiful. Yes there are quite a few

rude and uncivilized people. Is not nearly as racist as southern states(TEXAS).

Is very interested in fashion and keeping themselves looking nice.
I moved from new york to texas and was creeped out by their hospitality.
I want to flip off everyone that cuts me off becaus im from new york.
I hate southern states where they marry their sisters and cousins.
I say wicked.
Happy that when i moved back i was flipped off when i cut someone off.
by Upstate New Yorker June 11, 2009
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A city with unparalleled strength, influence, and importance. It is a well-rounded, global, hip, trendy, of-the-moment, powerful, important, and cultured city. It is the premiere city of the United States and also the most important. No doubt about that.

It's a city full of arrogant delusional folks who think their city is superior to all others. It's the "center of the universe", the "capital of the world", the "greatest city on earth". They seem to have such pride in their city. So why do they keep talking trash about Los Angeles? I don't know. All the defintions of "Los Angeles" were probably made by New Yorkers who haven't left their city in the past 5 years and still base their opinions on experiences in 2001. They should just admit that they feel threatened by Los Angeles because the gap between LA and NYC is always decreasing.

New Yorkers live in closets in which they paid half their salary on just to live in the provincial nation of Manhattan. Yes, those closets are filled with cheap furniture, people who can't decorate because they don't have the time (being too busy "making it to the top"), and probably never utilize their kitchens as they are always out at night enjoying the nightlife. Its subways are very cruddy. Aside from Manhattan, there is essentially NOTHING to love about New York City and really all of New York State.
Jack- "New York City is the greatest city on Earth!"

Jill- "It's a great city but it doesn't have any natural beauty like Los Angeles, San Francisco, or Seattle."
by socalivy December 5, 2006
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A state in the United States thats money is sucked away from upper NY by a certain city sticking off some island.
NYC raised the tolls at the thruway even though they don't even use them.

Sen. Hillary Clinton loves to use Upstate New York to gain money for herself and practice for when she's in the white house.
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The epitome of a city. i.e lots of people crammed into a small space, all of whom are competing to kill, rob, maim, eat each other.yes, i have been there. and it made my asthma worse. How many people do you see wearing a " i love Asthma" t-shirt.
A good a reason as any to smash a jumbo jet into a tower.
"New York, New York. So good they hit it twice...with airplanes laden with aviation fuel"

"i once bought weed in washington square, i got ripped off"

"The big apple...if you can imagine an apple with 3000 dead bankers throwing themselves out of the window."
by Phil K May 4, 2005
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