Anyone here can tell me about living in upstate ny?

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3. I've not lived way upstate

I used to live about a half hour from NYC on the NJ side of the Hudson. But, we used to go up that way every so often, good breweries, great maple syrup in March, etc.

If you can handle the snow (one of the reasons we moved to SC!) then you'll be fine. However, snow removal is probably not as efficient as in NYC and its suburbs, they get so much more of it usually.

Small town life seems to be the norm in the Catskills. There are shopping centers here and there, but you'll probably find yourself stocking up when you do make shopping trips to cut down on the number of them. And get a hardy vehicle, the roads are not repaired as often as you might like.