But with more and more people who WORK in the city moving up here, its becoming less and less 'upstate';I remember telling people down in the city whee I was from, and they would just look strangely at you [Middletown? Wheres that??]NOW it seems that everyone has a cousin that has moved up here,or a co-worker, etc....especially firemen and cops....AND MTA workers [to put this sort of on topic!]:my cousins house,for example, was bought by a NYCTA station agent.
It's not surprising that many transit workers would move to distant suburbs. For the most part, they don't work "normal" business hours and therefore can take advantage of off-hours commuting.