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Stop being a pussy, that area is fine. Just don't act dumb and you'll be safe. EDIT:

http://www.tripadvisor.com/Hotel_Review-g47369-d4702280-Reviews-Opera_House_Hotel-Bronx_New_York.html

LOOK AT THOSE REVIEWS! Be rational and look at what they say compared to your friends preconcieved notions of a place they likely haven't been.

The field at Bear Mountain St Park.

Summit of Anthony's Nose

The finger lakes are the long narrow lakes that should be in the center of the screen. https://maps.google.com/maps?q=New+York&hl=en&ll=42.623855,-77.047119&spn=1.796608,4.22699&sll=36.774092,-119.311523&sspn=15.623085,33.815918&hnear=New+York&t=m&z=9

AllTrails has stuff for whatever location you type in.

NYSDEC has all kinds of Catskill stuff.

Downsville Motel has rents boats, etc for watersports and fishing.

There are lots of activities along Rt 28 from Kingston to Oneonta (like tubing in Phonecia or riding the chairlift during the summer at Belleayre Ski Area - hike down). All those little villages seem to have good local restaurants (but I haven't been in 2020).

Try /r/Albany for better responses.

I'm not 100% what's open but check out the craft beverage trail. I've enjoyed Fort Orange (brewery), Druthers (restaurant/brewery) and CH Evans/The Pump Station (restaurant/brewery), Nine Pin (Cidery), Browns(restaurant/brewery) and Frog Alley (brewery).

For nature stuff there are a ton of spots to hike. I would definitely check out Thatcher Park as previously stated. I would also check out the Pine Bush because it's a pretty unique landscape.

This Hyde Park? If you're not in New York City, you'll definitely want to bring your car. Don't worry too much about the snow, you'll learn quickly enough how to deal with it.

There are defintely ski resorts that you can reach within a day from there. Being north of the city gives you a huge advantage. Most places in NY have ~400 ft. vertical drops. Within a few hours of where you are you can definitely find ~1000 ft. drops. Vermont is also known for having good skiing.

> So what did you want him to do

Tell the truth would have been nice. His job is relay factual information. It’s the president’s job to worry about the supply chain or any other effects of said information.

> And no one treated him as a single source of all things COVID information

His job title of NIAID, Director…as well as this coffee mug from Amazon say otherwise.

Non-paywall version

http://outline.com/www.timesunion.com/news/article/cuomo-alleged-groping-victim-mansion-incident-16078748.php

Absolutely painful to read. Nobody should be made to feel that uncomfortable in their workplace.

Standard time was designed for the railroads. DST is the deviation. The whole farmer thing is a myth. Here's a great book about it: https://www.amazon.com/Time-Lord-Sandford-Creation-Standard/dp/0375727523

Island at the Center of the World is about the birth of NYC, but has some good bits about the Albany region.

https://www.amazon.com/Island-Center-World-Manhattan-Forgotten/dp/1400078679

The shitty thing is most books written about “New York” end up mostly being about NYC. There’s some good regional history books I could recommend if you are interested but the only good book I’ve come across that focuses on the history of the entire state is this one:

https://www.amazon.com/Empire-State-History-New-York/dp/0801489911

> Just found out that there is a stretch of the Appalachian Trail that goes through NY

Yes! Take a look at the map, it crosses the hudson at Peekskill, just south of Poughkeepsie, and then crosses over in to CT and Massachusetts further up. It crosses from NJ in to NY state west of New York City, i think the most popular AT section in New York is in Harriman Park / Bear Mountain Park across the river from Peekskill. The sections that pass through NY state are nice, and I've only hiked a few different sections of it, the 'prettiest' section up here supposedly is the section in Vermont. The other really pretty section of the AT that is not far by car is the section that passes through the Delaware Water Gap.

The other popular hiking area near the Hudson Valley is the Catskills which you might want an SUV for in the winter, because some of those roads do get dicey. Panther Ledge is a pretty hike in the Catskills that's easy to get to, it's a ridgeline hike, so not sure how windy it will be in the winter but the view is great, the Catskills also has a Long Path.

NYNj TC has a few books about hiking in the region that are worth checking out

Also you won't be far (about 4 hours driving) from Vermont, and the Adirondacks, which has some really iconic trails including the AT/LT in Vermont, and Mt Marcy in the Adirondacks.

Not to mention if you're in to being outdoors, January is ski season here!

TLDR lots of hiking trails up here you can't go wrong with any of them tbh!

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