A county that people are ashamed of being from, just don't realize it. Deep down everyone in Rockland knows they live on the outskirts of the NY metro area and certainly not in the heart of "New Yawk".
If you're from Rockland and the next county up is Upstate, just imagine what people in Manhattan probably think of Rockland.
by Anonymous July 21, 2004
A bastardized version of Westchester. Very ugly county, rather uncool place to hail from. Hates being called 'Upstate New York' even though it is.
by Tom January 8, 2004
County that technically falls within the NY metro area yet few people in the NYC boros or the prime suburbs (Westchester/LI) really know where it is or what it is like. For that matter, few people even really care. Besides Nyack, there is really nothing to write home about in Rockland at all, a quality shared with the neighboring state of New Jersey. Unlike its big brother across the Hudson, Westchester, it really has no "range" at all, just a collection of nondescript suburbs, whereas Westchester is urban, rural, and everything in between. Rockland unlike the other suburbs has no history with NYC at all.
by Eastsider May 4, 2005
Rockland is upstate because
1) It is west of the Hudson
2) It was once part of Orange County
3) It was "red" in the 2004 Presidential Election
1) It is west of the Hudson
2) It was once part of Orange County
3) It was "red" in the 2004 Presidential Election
by JR December 19, 2004
The Bronx was once part of Westchester.
Nassau was once part of Queens.
Rockland was once part of Orange Co.
Ergo, Rockland is upstate.
Nassau was once part of Queens.
Rockland was once part of Orange Co.
Ergo, Rockland is upstate.
"I live in Coney Island, and that Rockland place 50 miles north of me is definitely *NOT* upstate, but that Orange County place which is 60 miles north of me definitely is!" -the way Rocklanders want New York City residents to think
In the Bronx, anything north of Yonkers is upstate. (OK maybe Hartsdale, but thats it)
In the Bronx, anything north of Yonkers is upstate. (OK maybe Hartsdale, but thats it)
by Chuckie DePalma July 12, 2005
A county in Upstate New York.
by Joe November 19, 2003
Boring county west of the Hudson. And that's where its stigma originates from: West of the Hudson. Given that Rockland kind of reminds real New Yorkers (Westchester/NYC/LI) of Jersey, people are inclined not to think of it as part of NY. Although Rockland IS no more north than Westchester, simply because the Thruway goes west before it heads north, that gives people in Westchester the impression they are going "upstate" into Rockland since they pass thru to get to places like Orange/Ulster/Sullivan County. Rockland has no walkability to it (no sidewalks, no interesting towns or neighborhoods) so is therefore NOT part of the real New York.
Anything in NYS west of the Hudson, as well as Bedford and up east of the river, should secede into the State of Upstate New York.
by Axo May 25, 2005