1) Albany locale 2) Albany setting 3) Amarillo, relative to Lubbock 4) American slang for in prison 5) Cooperstown position 6) Cooperstown setting 7) Geography terminology 8) Like albany and chicago 9) Like albany or chicago 10) Like Albany, to New York 11) Like northern new york 12) Most of NY outside NYC 
Upstate is American slang for in prison.
[adv] - in or toward the northern parts of a state, as in`upstate New York`
adverb in or toward the northern parts of a state; `he lives upstate New York`
the part of a state that is farther north or farther from the chief city, esp. the northerly part of New York State.