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Message: [QUOTE="FfldCntyFan, post: 4314646, member: 71"] I am truly amazed that the "chip on their shoulder" attitude those outside of Fairfield county have towards this part of the state still exists. It appeared (when I first spent extended time in the middle of the state, quite 44 years ago) to be some badge of honor by those from other parts of Ct making it clear that they viewed Fairfield county residents as "not one of us". I imagine that (at least 1978-1982, my college years) my first exposure had to do with whether you were aligned with NYC or Boston due to geography and terrestrial television but, by the mid 1990's, when I lived in the middle of the state and (for a few years) worked in Hartford, there appeared to be far less animosity towards the part of the state in metro NYC. Logically there shouldn't be much remaining any longer but obviously there are still many who hold onto some fabricated grudge. In my current circle at work there is a running joke on where "upstate" begins in New York (a couple coworkers are originally from 35-75 miles north of NYC, another from western NY state, while a couple others had grown up in the boroughs). One standard punch line is "depending on where you are from, upstate could begin in Yonkers". How is referring an area somewhat north of Bridgeport "upstate" an insult? I would really like to understand that interpretation. [/QUOTE]