Suggestion: Rename NYC forum to "NYC & New Jersey" or "NYC Area"
Aug 24, 2011, 2:31 pm
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Westchester is quite a distance from there.
Aug 24, 2011, 3:34 pm
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It is?
Aug 24, 2011, 3:44 pm
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When I was growing up, Tri State Area meant NYC, Westchester and Rockland Counties in NY, Fairfield County in CT, Long Island and North Jersey. Has it changed?
Aug 24, 2011, 4:28 pm
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I like "Greater New York City" or "New York and New Jersey". Something short that also does not step on the existing Mid-Atlantic of New England forums. For precision, it's hard to beat "New York and New Jersey".
Aug 24, 2011, 4:50 pm
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Cheers.
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Aug 24, 2011, 5:32 pm
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I can only tell you that in the late 1960's I was the Tri-State Area Bureau Chief for one year, working out of Port Jervis, for the Middletown Times Herald Record.
Aug 24, 2011, 8:51 pm
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Personally, I never liked that description either. 
My vote would be to retain the New York City forum name and change the description along the lines of nerd's suggestion to: Includes greater NYC metropolitan area.
(Officially, the OMB calls it the "New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-CT-PA Consolidated Metropolitan Statistical Area"
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My vote would be to retain the New York City forum name and change the description along the lines of nerd's suggestion to: Includes greater NYC metropolitan area.
(Officially, the OMB calls it the "New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-CT-PA Consolidated Metropolitan Statistical Area"
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Aug 25, 2011, 8:11 am
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Jersey, for that matter, could be part of the Mid-Atlantic, given part of it is next to Philly.But I think Greater NYC Area or NYC Metro Area, although my preferance is for the former.
I was hoping we'd get some consensus out of the folk who reside in the area, but not sure that's going to happen.
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Aug 25, 2011, 8:20 am
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Therefore, call it the "New York Metropolitan Area".
(Incidentally, back in the late 60's and early 70's, the academic "in" crowd liked to talk about the "Megapolis" -- which stretched from Boston to Washington. I think we can safely discard that one.)
Aug 25, 2011, 9:15 am
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I think it should only include NYC and areas within 50 miles around the city. It shouldn't include the whole NJ state or upstate of NY.
Aug 25, 2011, 9:59 am
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I think the TB should drop the various suggestions into a hat and pick one.
This really should be easier
This really should be easier
Aug 25, 2011, 10:52 am
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Let's put this on hold until Hurricane Irene is over -- just to be certain that there still is a New York metropolitan area.
Aug 25, 2011, 12:50 pm
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I still think something along the lines of NY Metro would suffice. The MidAtlantic board only has two sub-fora -- Washington DC and New York City, so its not like that all major cities and areas are covered (like Philly).
Also, unless there is a movement to define other areas in the MidAtlantic (eg, Upstate NY, Philly, Pittsburgh, Trenton...) is there a need to define this forum as being NYC and the sleepy suburbs of its commuters?
If someone brought up a question in the NYC forum like "How to get to Albany from NYC" or "Metro-North, places to see outside of NYC", they are likely to have their questions answered by the knowledgeable people on this forum without much fuss.
Also, unless there is a movement to define other areas in the MidAtlantic (eg, Upstate NY, Philly, Pittsburgh, Trenton...) is there a need to define this forum as being NYC and the sleepy suburbs of its commuters?
If someone brought up a question in the NYC forum like "How to get to Albany from NYC" or "Metro-North, places to see outside of NYC", they are likely to have their questions answered by the knowledgeable people on this forum without much fuss.