Personally I separate Albany from "Upstate NY". There are a lot of nice towns, state parks, places to visit in upstate. The Adirondacks and Finger Lakes have many great places to go, with lots of nice hamlets around and between them. Quite different than Albany, which I think is mostly a dump and won't miss if I never visit it again.

@krone5

Ай бұрын

There is more in the state than Albany, but it is included in this portion of the state, just like you cannot take it out of NY and move it to NH.

@PhilAndersonOutside

Ай бұрын

@@krone5 True!

@tanyaaustin4123

17 күн бұрын

In the lake Bonaparte area right now. Beautiful

Thank you so much for sharing the struggle you had at the beginning of this video! Sometimes it seems like everyone I know and everyone online is always so cheerful and able to go with the flow so easily, and then I feel petty and ashamed and downright weird when I'm in a bad mood and little things are bothering me. Your "pointless" story was so relatable and made me feel much less alone, so thank you for telling it!

One of my girlfriends & I went to Ireland. We always rent a car, make no prearrangements then drive from village to village, spending the nights in hostels. I had been driving all day and decided to stop in the next town. As we drove into it both of us looked at each other and said “NOPE”. We went to the next village and hit the pub. We found out for a local that the previous location is where the prison for Ireland is! We had no idea but our INTUITION told us to keep moving.

@jumpinjen6397

Жыл бұрын

😂 I think that makes it the safest place if all the criminals were locked up!

@rustinstardust2094

Жыл бұрын

I think Ireland has twelve prisons

Katie, I lived in Albany for 19 years and could not agree with you more, it isn't vibrant or friendly, the vibe is blah. Don't apologize for your true gut feelings. Be well

@Garrett-Prod

Ай бұрын

Live 30 minutes from albany, my towns nice, been around the state (Saratoga, Troy, Rochester, Amsterdam) Albany isnt special very boring, nothing to do really.

@jm7578

10 күн бұрын

Albany got ruined and tainted after the 1980s when all of the miserable people from New York City and downstate New York moved up to Albany

Absolutely love when you show the architecture! The buildings I will probably never ever see, so love traveling along with you. If you could get out and show more of the structure of those old buildings it would be fantastic.

LOVE your hair, today! You can ALWAYS tell when the "vibes" are right for you, and when they're NOT--regardless of good mood/bad mood!

45 min north of Albany is a super quaint town called Saratoga Springs 💓

@cindee1794

2 ай бұрын

That's where I grew up and lived until I was 25!

@jeananne75

20 күн бұрын

Yes that’s an awesome town!

I can tell you why nobody honks: it's because we don't want to get shot! We are Texans, but I remind my husband all the time to not honk at anyone. There are too many crazies on the road.

@carlwhite4197

2 ай бұрын

We are Texans also and considering moving to the Albany area. Two things that are concerns: colder winters and unfriendly people. What has been your experience with these two things?

@tterb777

Ай бұрын

@@carlwhite4197 ha! I live in Albany.... It's very peaceful for those who like it. If you can try to move into Saratoga Springs just north of Albany. BUT YES if you aren't prepared for the winters you'll be bummed out how cold it can get and worse we have clouds 5 or 6 months of the year not to mention it gets darker here around 4:30pm during the winter. Sometimes you can enter work at 8am nearly dark out and leave work at 5pm and it will be dark again.... There's very little to no crime certainly shootings ... Maybe downtown in a the very few bad spots of Albany once or twice a year but there isn't a problem. People don't carry guns so if you do beep your horn there is zero risk of road rage here...

Take a trip to Northern New York, near Lake Placid! If you like mountains you will love it

To each their own. Many things I miss about the tri cities . Most of all its access to NYC Adirondacks Catskills and the Berkshires. Accessible to Montreal Boston and Vermont as well . Many things very special about my old home town that I miss. Lots of great memories. Winter is tough.😊

Hi Katie! I have been searching for a home base as well. Out of frustration and not knowing exactly where to look, I will just drive around. Sometimes I will drive through a neighborhood; and I INSTANTLY I know, NO NOT here. I take this a intuition and will move on.

Katie you're literally glowing in this video 😍

Katie ... I lived in Albany for 5 years and spent many an hour in Washington Park. You drove past the school of criminal justice (8:33) (Nelson Rockefeller School) where I went for my masters. I lived right around the corner. The car honk where you said it felt like NYC, that was on the corner of Lark St and Central Avenue. I can tell Albany creeped you out a bit. There's a lot of history in that city & perhaps you felt some of the spirits. Plus, the city has been through a lot and it's very depressed. Has been for a long time. There's something about Albany that gets you to your bones. Trust me, I know.

@MoreTooArt

8 ай бұрын

i was raised there moved away when i was 25 years old glad to be out of there

@bellaann518

7 ай бұрын

Albany always creep me out. We went to the museum when I was a kid. We walked on lark during the day to eat. Nope. I’m going back north lol. I can walk in Troy but not Albany (20 years ago). Haha I always miss the exits 😂🤦‍♀️.

@12567NoYouCannot

17 күн бұрын

Looks Depressing to me.

I went to school in Albany. I never had a bad experience but I could not wait to leave. Like you, "I just could not put my finger on it." It just felt so different.

Thanks Katie, have fun!

Albany NY had its hay day in the 1980s and early 1990s. The city became terrible after a huge influx of hard guys and tough guys from New York City and downstate. New York infiltrated the city and made it miserable to live in. Also, a lot of students from New Jersey went to SUNY Albany and they made the town even worse. If this video is made in the 1980s, it would be totally different.

I loved Albany in the early 80's the old row house & beautiful architectural buildings. All cities change. Thanks for the tour. Safe travels🍂🍁🧡🌻.

The NYS Museum is my favorite up there. But it's usually best to drive through Albany on your way to some better place.

Come to Syracuse, lots to do here and in the area. Summer is best festivals and concerts non-stop. Green Lakes State Park is fun, lots of country parks, tons of great restaurants.

I was born in Adirondack area. My dad moved us out to the desert in California 2 years later. 🙄 I've always wanted to go back and check it out. I even look at real estate listings here and there. Honestly, part of why I dont visit is that I'm afraid I'll be disappoined, because I've built it up in my mind. Looks so beautiful..but I've been to a lot of beautiful places where the people are awful...ruins it 100%.

Go to the real NY Watertown and the Ontario shoreline, the Finger Lakes Auburn, Seneca Falls, Hammondsport, the Adirondacks, or Letchworth State Park in NY is pretty, Salem MA is fun. So much...

@nowasiwassaying...1699

3 ай бұрын

Letchworth 😵‍💫 such a coming-of-age part of my life lol that's where all the local kids go to scare themselves

I've lived in Albany (well, a suburb) for almost 20 years, and it's okay that you didn't like it! Driving in Albany always stresses me out. Honestly, it's so hard to find a video of anyone travelling to Upstate on purpose (especially Albany), I just feel like the pointing DiCaprio meme. The large builidng with the columns you passed is the NYS Department of Education building, I believe

How far did you go up? Corning, NY, Ithaca, NY, Watkins Glen, NY and the finger lakes is the way to go. Very pretty up there. A bit cold now but nice. Oh and a lot of winerys

@maplelatte3366

3 ай бұрын

^This right here.

@deenababie

Ай бұрын

Don’t tell her where to go!! We don’t need more people moving here. Outsiders have already ruined enough.

Yes 👍🏼 I definitely get different energy from places. We all do I’m sure feel it if we are comfortable or not with the energy in places 😊. Thanks 4 the video ❤😊

The third honk can be for when you see that random person you kind of know and want to obnoxiously say hi to them while they are walking down the road. I learned how to drive in Boston so I know to drive with my hand on the horn ready to blow it at a moment's notice.

What kind of CVS doesn't have a bathroom? That and Walgreens are my go-to on the road! Way cleaner than fast food places. And usually private. :)

In 2004 after Charley (took the shingles off), Frances (dropped the ceilings), and Jeanne (just rained inside), I found newspapers from Easy and King in a scrap of leftover attic. Now Ian and Nicole (took down the sea walls like a knife through butter). Just paid off my house (minor damage). Yep, nice place, your hair is nice, your shoes are nice, the honking was nice. Happy!

love this video 🤗 i totally feel you on having those days, you look gorgeous as always!

Your honesty is refreshing, Had to subscribe

Enjoyed this video Katie. I've been watching you for some time now and although I am in my 70's I felt young again and right there with you. Thank you. Maureen, South Africa.

@mascarenhas9624

Жыл бұрын

Enjoy you late spring , here Virginia 🇺🇸 is fall but no more beautiful yellows and orange. Only naked threes, sleeping till April. My father in the 80 was living in Namibia, that part of the world is so beautiful, and people very nice Bye Macarena🇺🇾🇺🇸. ,@maureennorth.

You do realize Albany isn't upstate right.

Hey Katie…. I live in Albany and understand your disconnect. I actually live in Loudonville a suburb. You picked a terrible part of town. Wish we could have connected. Love your blogs!

I’ve never been to Albany. I am bad about honking my horn when people don’t move when the light turns green. That drives me nuts!!! I have lived in the south much more than I did in the north. However, I am from Columbus, OH & that’s where I learned to drive, so I guess my habits stuck with me. I admit that I am a very impatient person & always in a hurry. You would think at 75 that I would slow down a bit. But it hasn’t happened 🤷🏼‍♀️ May God continue to bless you Katie & keep you in His loving care 🙏🏼❤️🙏🏼

Hi Katie! I understand band moods, I am that way too! Once you are in a bad mood I just can’t get out of it. There are some really pretty parks in Syracuse, NY 😊 we have Chittenango Falls. There are some other ones I just can’t thinks of the name right now.

I went to school there, but rarely went downtown. Wasn't conciously avoiding it, but not much drew me there. Your reaction is really spot on. Albany is part of a decent sized metro area, but the city itself is very small. Yes, it does have a "little NYC" vibe in places, but the downtown is mostly dreary. 50 years ago, blighted neighborhoods were demolished to build the Empire State Plaza, which no one cares about (was supposed to transform the downtown). Drive north on Madison, Western, or Washington, and soon you're in the university area. That's great, but you're now in a college town overrun by kids from Long Island, not very "Albany." I guess you can get attached to any place if it makes you think of great memories or people, but for most people, mediocrity prevails.

@Blowhxrbackout

10 ай бұрын

Lmao you sound old

Albany is especially blah on the weekends. It’s very much a commuter city. Check out Saratoga if you’re in Capital district on the weekend. Way more fun things to do!

@kingnhonj954

7 ай бұрын

Exactly, commute to job in Albany and then enjoy my time outside in my almost rural home on the weekend.

Totally relate, I have been to places I'm like, get me outa here! Sometimes it's just an off "vibe" or feeling. Love the autumn colors!!! Love your everything God bless 🤗💓

Good video. Driving in Dallas overwhelms me especially on the freeways.

In Los Angeles, people honk when the light is red.🙄

@thiscorrosion900

3 ай бұрын

Total coked out idiots.

All city driving is stressful😛 Maybe you'd like Saratoga Springs or Lake George since you're out that way...Lake George is off-season and pretty quiet right about now.

Always laugh when someone refers to above NYC as "upstate". We are 60 miles away from Niagara Falls. THAT is upstate to me! LOL

@ryckproctor1721

3 ай бұрын

......WESTERN NY

@kbahr007

3 ай бұрын

Very true but I point out whenever people hear New York they automatically think of NYC which is the reason I always say upstate NY

@cindee1794

2 ай бұрын

@@kbahr007 I always say I'm from really upstate NY, near the VT border.

@GG-vy1oy

2 ай бұрын

@@cindee1794 Vermont has an even worse reputation.

@DoubleJabSlipRightHand

Ай бұрын

Anything above the Bronx is upstate to us who live in NYC. There's NYC, Long Island and upstate. Westchester, Rockland are "upstate" to us.

Could you show us some of the areas around Seneca and Cayuga Lakes? I read a book series set there and would love to see them some day

My favorite part of Albany is the uhaul truck on the roof of some building.

@jm7578

10 күн бұрын

It’s still there as well as the building with the huge dog on the roof

I know we all have things that set us off.

It's so frustrating to miss an exit and then have to drive so much more just to get back. I can relate to that trying to find a bathroom situation, haha. Those little annoyances add up.

To see most of New York, we finally decided to be in a bus tour group, We had no regrets even if it was pricey. If you go to New York just for fun, just join a bus tour. And if you’re in no rush, walk and walk to see other beautiful sites.

I totally agree with you about not liking or getting an uncomfortable vibe in some towns from others .

I lived in Albany for 8 years and have a number of friends there, but I don’t really like it either. I worked for the state there, but it just never felt homey to me.

Hey. Hope you are doing great. I just moved to Knoxville and not in love with the city. I’m from New York and to see this video made me have second thoughts about staying in Tennessee. Thanks. Jesus loves you ❤️

I’m 70yrs old, born and raised in Miami Fla. Lots of the people down here are from your area!! So, I don’t get where your coming from in regards to the North and South! The people from N.Y. and N.J. drive around here like they own our state. 😡

I grew up in New York, but I’ve never been to Albany. Thank you for the tour! My favorite place is Greenport, LI, NY

@thiscorrosion900

3 ай бұрын

I went out to Greenport last summer for about five hours. Walked around. It took forever to drive there, even from my starting point of Hauppauge! But yes, it is a nice drive, and a nice town, no doubt. I enjoyed exploring it, although it's very tiny. I heard the main Bed and Breakfast there is very good. (not cheap!) The restaurants there are good. Claudio's. The main thing there is the harbor, lighthouse, the boat tour, from the tiny museum, but i missed the latter because you have to get there very earliy in the afternoon or a.m. or they shut it down by 4 or so. The LIRR goes right there. Bookstore there sucked, nothing of any interest and they got rid of used books! Nice! I wasn't impressed. Shopping was meh. Coffee shop/diner closed very early which was annoying. Southold has more to recommend it, almost.

Albany is beautiful. I would move back in a heartbeat. I think you didn't see the beauty at that park at all. Albany is spread out and you missed so much of the charm of it. Try going up the Northway to Saratoga Springs.

@angelbasham6631

Жыл бұрын

A couple of tiktok famous couples just moved to Saratoga springs

@8000sage

Жыл бұрын

@@angelbasham6631 interesting that they chose there. They must love the summers and the track. I lived there too.

@k.s.7104

8 ай бұрын

I think she visited just a little too late. Washington Park looks it's best by mid October. Even then even Albanians leave Albany to go leaf peeping. The city itself is not a leaf peeping destination. Only someone from NYC, Long Island, or the Atlantic Seaboard major cities would think of Albany as a rural area that may be good for leaf peeping lol 😂.

@RandomNonsense1985

5 ай бұрын

Go up last Saratoga to the Adirondacks. There are some breathtaking views on both routes 73 and 86 in the Lake Placid area.

Catey I'm like that in Costco. It's frantic and people seem to be grasping for the food samples and good deals. I get claustrophobic in there and it's huge.

Living 20 mins outside of albany, working in albany, I now realize why I take so many out of state road trips and love them all 😂😂😂

Albany is like a little NYC in the upstate, not like the rest of the state. We have 2-3 waterfalls that have been in media since the beginning of media that you can get close to.

I lived in Albany for 5 years and I agree, it is definitely a weird vibe. Crime is pretty bad especially in the central and east neighborhoods. Washington Park is pretty but tons of needles on the ground the last time I was there. The vibe was sterile, urban decay. It did grow on me tho

I really enjoy your “pointless” videos, Katie😂because I can so relate. Difference is you wrap up your story & I stay mid-story wondering what I’m talking about🤣Really pretty scenery - thanks for sharing❤

I just moved from Westchester NY to Hudson Falls . So far upstate ny is very different and I’m noticing a lot poverty and low cost of living which probably go hand in hand . Definitely small town vibes. I miss the city for sure . Just more things to do and easier to get around.

@Cgny

4 ай бұрын

Hudson falls is a drug ridden shit hole, def doesn’t represent upstate ny

Bathroom thing is very understandable. Ideally, I think any place that serves the public should be required to have a public bathroom. I guess it can be very burdensome, when the public use bathroom attracts certain undesirables. As a guy, it's much easier to cope with a bathroom desert, I can only imagine how frustrating it is for women.

Does anyone know the name of the song in the video ??

I spent a weekend up in Woodstock, Saugerties and Bearsville etc. about 12 years ago, that wasn't bad. I really dug Woodstock and the vibe there. I really should go back. Anyway, two years ago I drove my cousin and his wife out to the Hamptons and Sag Harbor LI (I live in Nassau LI). Once we hit Water Mill (right down the street where the Parrish Art Museum is, which is closed most of the time anyway cause it's highly stupid), we pit stopped at the strip mall there off the roundabout (near Flying Pt. Road) to get a drink and use a restroom, and not a SINGLE business there, had restrooms, and, they actually all had signs saying we have no restrooms for anybody etc.!! So it's the same b.s. as upstate NY. We actually were forced to walk around the corner to a miraculous MD center of some kind, and buzz them to ask to use their restrooms, which they let us do, thank God. After 2.5 hours on the road. Fun times! Then hiked back to the car, and had another 1.5 hour drive to Sag Harbor. Even in Sag Harbor the people and businesses are more amenable. But, you often have to drive forever between civilization, same as upstate. It sucks. It ain't NYC, that's for sure, not that NYC is any bargain any longer, either. Sometimes you can't find a restroom there, either, that's any good. And it's dangerous. I normally love road trips etc., but the older I get, the more pissed off I get if I'm stuck in west Bumble----k and can't find any amenities or even a restroom. It's not good. I keep wanting to drive up to Toronto or Montreal, but, I"m not going to do it now. Takes too long, and I don't want to deal with stuff like this. I'd rather stay in my home on LI and I have all the amenities I need here. What is lacking here is : A. culture B. arts C. live music which is now a joke D. no club scene anymore E. no bookstores F. crap record stores and G. the food is crap compared to 30 years ago or whatever. Terrible! Shopping is bad.

@deanbianco4982

Ай бұрын

Oy vey!

I’m 23 I live here, it use to be very rich lively and amazing back in the day.

That blouse is amazing, looks great on you 🥰

The beautiful building with the columns is the NYS Education Dept

Today on way home from grocery I found myself in back of a Yaris. I immediately thought of KATIE! As I saw it turn I was struck as to how small it is. I'm now in a 2013 Kia Rio as I inherited it and had to sell my minivan I had Built into a camper. I say this as the Yaris is only slightly bigger than my Rio. Can't imagine living in the Yaris.

I live in Albany. It sucks. You are totally right on the vibe. And driving in Albany is harder than Montreal for sure, a bigger city. Great video.

Feel for you Katie. ❤

Leaf peeping doesn’t happen here. We go to Thacher Park or other rural outskirts for that. You need to park & walk around to appreciate the architecture of Albany. Parking is UNDER or over by the Egg (woot the cutest Brutalist building) & the NYS Museum. Take a tour of the Capitol (it’s stunning inside), check out the Education Bldg (the one with all the columns), walk up Washington Ave to the Institute of History & Art. Cut over Lark St for some good eats & then wander Washington Park. Cuz yeah by car it’s “meh” & always busy.

Albany isn’t upstate enough… 😊check out Saratoga or come see the Adirondacks!!! Lake Placid, Saranac Lake, Tupper Lake!

@vickikeech7484

8 ай бұрын

I agree

@ayoa3892

8 ай бұрын

That's the middle of nowhere

@MrBurns0618

4 ай бұрын

@@ayoa3892it’s also the most geographically beautiful part of the entire state

@ayoa3892

4 ай бұрын

@@MrBurns0618 you have an opinion as if it was fact lol I'd rather see a beach and palm trees with water that isn't green that's beautiful

@MrBurns0618

4 ай бұрын

@@ayoa3892 That’s why I said most beautiful part of the state. If you like hot weather, beaches, and palm trees this obviously wouldn’t be a stop on your bucket list lol

I lived in the Albany Saratoga area most of my life and I had to leave It is the worst place in America It is angry people There are only 2 good things you can't find anywhere else The first is Fish Fry They have fried haddock on a hot dog roll with sweet chili Ted's in Troy is one of them, but there are lots of places in the Capital District And only here is where you can get a fish fry The other thing is the Hembold mini hot dogs with natural casing Hot Dog Charlie's and Gus's and Famous Lunch in Troy have them. They have meat sauce, mustard and onions. They call it The Works There is nothing else good in the area If you are driving through, I would stop at Cohoes Falls, it is nice, and vo to Thatcher Park The overlook is nice Also, if you are a walker, go up to the top of Bald Mountain. The view is awesome, but you have to walk The Mountain is used by communication facilities and they don't let you drive up, but I used to ride my ten speed up there and it was a long ride by worth it.

Albany is really Beautiful!! Never been there!! But after moving Out of NYC in the 1990s, I don't feel like going back there; I find it really Boring/depressing.

also, the comment you made about people in the South not honking. I don't know what all parts of the South you've been to but we definitely honk here in Huntsville Alabama 😂

I worked in the alfred e smith building that is shown in your video and it was uncomfortable for me to just walk around on breaks. Too many drugged up people roam those streets. You should always look up areas before you travel. There is a shooting downtown Albany just about every day. I personally wouldn't walk through Washington Park alone but that's just me. I felt the same way you described when we visited, Greenville, NC.

I like cranky mood Katie! 😂 But seriously, I love Bethel, NY. Home of the original Woodstock festival. My favorite place to go in upstate NY.

i know how you feel katie trying to find a bathroom, during covid lockdown in 2020, when all the bathrooms were closed, my friend and i got good at "stealth" peeing, peeing in the bushes, behind a tree. We like to visit haunted locations, we live in pennsylvania on the ohio river about 30 min from ohio and west virginia border. We would sometimes drive far and have to pee on the way home

I can identify with this because I decided to drive my 30-year-old car from Myrtle Beach South Carolina to Seattle because I had done it 10 years previously going in the other direction. Fall colors and houses on back roads by rivers and little towns was all terrific. Then my front end started to shake and I couldn't drive over 55 miles an hour. Broke down in Athens Ohio and couldn't get parts. Had to drive all around like that and sit in motels and hotels trying to do something about the car and it was that same kind of one thing after another that irritated you right down to your toes. Decided f*** it and shipped the car to Seattle.

@YBRBALLAMUSIC

5 ай бұрын

That was dumb, the car was too old and you could've broken down on a stretch of highway. Don't take those kind of risks.

I've lived 45 minutes north of Albany my entire life. And I HATE IT HERE TOO! UPSTATE NY SUCKS!

@JLewn9ty2

3 ай бұрын

NY IN GENERAL SUCKS!

If you are not use to upstate NY that would make sense why you are not use to it I was born in Oneonta NY there is really nothing around for miles but at the same time most people that are originally from upstate NY don't like living there anyway but I'm glad you still get to see some of the scenery and show people thank you for being you you are amazing

I’m from NYC and visit Albany which is two 1/2 hours from NYC.. I didn’t like the creepy vibes at all. I went to a town called Saratoga Springs. Which is like a good 25 minutes of north from Albany I love that town very serene 🍁🥰

I lived in 5 different places around the country and Albany is by far the worst place of all of them. Nobody is friendly and being from the south that is a big deal to me cause I feel so isolated as we are people who love to chat. Not sure why it's like that here and it's very strange to see in person. I'll be done working in 5 years so I can move and it can't come quick enough.

It was extremely difficult to find a parking spot in New York. That building you showed, my kids and I walked around and the other buildings because we couldn’t find a parking spot.

I was born and raised in Windham/Gorham, Maine: Yeah, I feel the same about Westbrook which is between Gorham and Portland. I’m in St George, Utah, now, in some of the most beautiful country on Earth. But, most of the towns and cities in Utah are pretty blah. I’ve often thought that Salt Lake is one of the ugliest cities on a gray, winter day. Actually I enjoyed listening to this. At least your narration was intelligent- that’s saying something😊

Vroomans nose is such a nice fall hike - Albany has a few places to see, then museum is nice. If you go in the winter there is ice skating and pre Christmas you have lights in the park.

@k.s.7104

8 ай бұрын

Nope no more lights in the park. All the transplants from NYC and newbies to the area pressured the city to not allow lights in tbe park anymore, unbelievable. One more reason not to visit Albany.

Instead of a horn to beep at people, I want a bullhorn so I can yell at people to move out of the left lane or to get off their cellphones! Lol I probably wouldn’t be very polite though!

@rosemarie6677

Жыл бұрын

😂😂😂

Albany where you were on Central Ave, Madison, Washington Ave has just gone downhill. The city is disjointed and if Washington Park wasn't there then there would be no need to even go to that part of the city. Lark Street used to be cool and this area was fun in the 90's when there were lots of clubs and fun activity going on along Lark Street but the demise of the city began in the 90's. You are also visiting post shutdown when all the stores were broken into and looted which forced small businesses to lose their shops so Albany is a broken city and there is really nothing to see in Albany anymore.... its a shame. Saratoga would have been a nicer ride and you could have toured the grounds at Yaddo, a writer/artists retreat where you can walk the rose garden in the summer, visit Saratoga Springs and walk down the main drag and shop. Lake George is always cool but yeah.... nothing to see in Albany anymore - you can't even find a bathroom anymore.

i live in albany, thank you for showing the city a bit. I have to say Im a bit embarrased as you can hear police sirens in the background. Crime is a problem and getting worse here.

New camera Katie??

If anyone thinks Albany is “upstate” NY, you know nothing about NY.

These are parts of Albany that I had never seen and now I never will since I moved to FL 37 years ago. If I ever go back up to Saratoga to visit, it's not likely I'll have any reason to investigate the nicer areas of Albany.

Pretty little park but I think we are past the leaf season. I'm picturing snow. Lots of it. And future ice skating.

I had the same experience driving through Yreka, California. I swear there’s not a single bathroom in the whole town!! 😂

Have you travel to NJ?

NE in the fall! I’ve never been there. Thanks for sharing!

@madelineburke2796

Жыл бұрын

I'm from upstate NY. Best time to visit is mid October when all the leaves are changing. Absolutely beautiful.

this is literally how my life goes on a daily basis lol

Since I visited Lancaster, Pennsylvania in 2021 I notice that all the houses in the cities all look the same.. going through Maryland on the train saw the same type of houses even in your video too. A lot different than what we have down here in south Mississippi.. Lumberton, ms.

It may not be for you because you have been to so many other places that are arguably nicer. One key difference to my eye between east coast and west coast cities is the sense that the cities out west look and feel as if planned out more thoughtfully so as to maximize their overall livabiity and the enjoyment of simply being in the city. East coast cities are glaringly deficient in this- they look ugly and feel hasitly thrown together. It is understandable; when European colonists were settling the east coast and began spreading west toward the Mississippi, they had other more pressing problems than urban planning. I find the energy--the vibe-- to be off throughout the whole northeast, the people edgy and outwardly or subconsciously puritanical. I was raised in Connecticut. I left when I was eighteen. Have lived since in Montana, Arizona, California, Virginia, Washington state and upstate NY. I prefer living west of the Mississippi because for the most part the natural beauty out there is more impressive, the weather less hostile nor as changeable from minute to minute, and the residents IN GENERAL more relaxed from one day to the next. Favorite places I've called home are Lake Tahoe, Seattle, and a little town in northern Virginia in the heart of horse country.

I just don't like Instagram Katie sorry I've come off it.

So it has to be the part of the south you were in. Because where I'm from in Florida, we all honk..lol But where I am now in the U.P. of Michigan they find the horn offensive as heck. Lol and they don't use blinkers, and don't use horns ever. They never go at a green light, and it is just crazy up here as far as drivers go. Loved the video!!! 💖💖💖

they dont honk in pa either!

I hate the entire state of NY, especially NYC. I can't afford the damn taxes anymore. I want out.