Posted by Mika on 11/28/07 08:53

"rf" <rf@invalid.com> wrote in message
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> Last time I was there (and yes, I have been to all of them, except Miami)
> they were either cities or suburbs of some city. States are much bigger
> things, like California. Well, you might get away with calling NY a state
> but most people differentiate between New York, the city and Upstate New
> York, or New York State, the state.

My sincere apologies for any distress caused to any cities or their families
by calling them states. It is early in the morning and I was referring of
course just to the state of NY, rather than the city of New York, NY.

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