I would like to take exception to your New York section on this page.
You make a point that "upstaters" want you to know there's more to New York than New York City", yet you put Albany (which is a rather small city) as a major city, but don't bother to include the _3_ upstate cities with population over 100,000, (east to west) Syracuse, Rochester, and Buffalo, all of which are internationally known for some product or other. Syracuse is the home of Carrier corporation, named for Willis Haviland Carrier, the inventor of air conditioning, Rochester is the home of Kodak and Xerox, and Buffalo has the Bills NFL team. I wouldn't expect you to include all that info in such a short blurb as your state descriptions are, but you could at least throw us upstaters (I'm near Syr) a bone by mentioning the other 3 cities that made the Census Bureau's list of 243 (or so, my memory may be off) cities over 100,000 population (Albany did NOT make it)! Still, I'll forgive you your indiscretion because I like your publication so much.
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You're not paying close enough attention. I generally show two cities for each state, and in every case the capital city is shown, and in bold. In New York's case, that's Albany. That leaves one slot for another city, and if you don't think I'm gonna put the city in that space, you must be one of those guys I see walking down the sidewalk yelling at himself (and no, he's not wearing a bluetooth headset!) -rc
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Marc, Half Moon Bay, CA on February 12, 2009:
Noticed a reference to the "Civil War." I assume you meant to refer to the "War of Northern Aggression."
Keep up the good work.
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As I noted on the Sources page, "Alabama is where the Confederacy was born. The Confederacy lost the Civil War, but don't try saying that out loud in Alabama." The victors get to write the history. -rc
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Tom, Chestertown, Maryland on June 14, 2009:
I find your strict interpretation of English, such as in your comments about headlines, to be delightful.
On that note, referring to the California entry in the guide: Are not all the states populated?
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The word "extremely" applies both to "large" and "populated". -rc
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Posted by Daniel, Oswego NY on February 10, 2009:
I would like to take exception to your New York section on this page.
You make a point that "upstaters" want you to know there's more to New York than New York City", yet you put Albany (which is a rather small city) as a major city, but don't bother to include the _3_ upstate cities with population over 100,000, (east to west) Syracuse, Rochester, and Buffalo, all of which are internationally known for some product or other. Syracuse is the home of Carrier corporation, named for Willis Haviland Carrier, the inventor of air conditioning, Rochester is the home of Kodak and Xerox, and Buffalo has the Bills NFL team. I wouldn't expect you to include all that info in such a short blurb as your state descriptions are, but you could at least throw us upstaters (I'm near Syr) a bone by mentioning the other 3 cities that made the Census Bureau's list of 243 (or so, my memory may be off) cities over 100,000 population (Albany did NOT make it)! Still, I'll forgive you your indiscretion because I like your publication so much.
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You're not paying close enough attention. I generally show two cities for each state, and in every case the capital city is shown, and in bold. In New York's case, that's Albany. That leaves one slot for another city, and if you don't think I'm gonna put the city in that space, you must be one of those guys I see walking down the sidewalk yelling at himself (and no, he's not wearing a bluetooth headset!) -rc
Posted by Marc, Half Moon Bay, CA on February 12, 2009:
Noticed a reference to the "Civil War." I assume you meant to refer to the "War of Northern Aggression."
Keep up the good work.
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As I noted on the Sources page, "Alabama is where the Confederacy was born. The Confederacy lost the Civil War, but don't try saying that out loud in Alabama." The victors get to write the history. -rc
Posted by Tom, Chestertown, Maryland on June 14, 2009:
I find your strict interpretation of English, such as in your comments about headlines, to be delightful.
On that note, referring to the California entry in the guide: Are not all the states populated?
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The word "extremely" applies both to "large" and "populated". -rc
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