Answer:

upstate

Answer	Crossword Clue
UPSTATE	Albany locale
UPSTATE	North of New York City
UPSTATE	Amarillo, relative to Lubbock

UPSTATE	Northern New York, to Manhattanites
UPSTATE	San Francisco, to most Californians
UPSTATE	North, in a way
UPSTATE	San Jose's locale, vis- -vis San Diego
UPSTATE	Albany's setting in New York
UPSTATE	Cooperstown position
UPSTATE	Northerly part of New York.
UPSTATE	Part of New York.

UPSTATE	Northern New York
UPSTATE	Most of N.Y. outside N.Y.C.
UPSTATE	Buffalo area
UPSTATE	It's north of New York City
UPSTATE	Like Albany and Chicago
UPSTATE	Northerly locale
UPSTATE	Like Albany or Chicago
UPSTATE	Like Rochester, N.Y.

UPSTATE	Like northern New York
UPSTATE	Part of New York
UPSTATE	New York area
UPSTATE	Like Albany, to New York
UPSTATE	Albany setting
UPSTATE	Like Albany vis-a-vis New York City
UPSTATE	Like Rome vis-a-vis New York City