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[edit] Otsego County?
I grew up in various parts of Otsego County and never knew that is was part of the Southern Tier. It's not all that close to the southern border of the state. It seems to me that the people in the northwestern part of the county think they live in Central New York, while people in the southeastern part think they live in the Catskill region. The state recreation folks say it's part of the "Central Leatherstocking Region."
Does anyone know what the source of this subdivision of counties is? Nonenmac 23:21, 14 August 2005 (UTC)
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- I always thought it was just Broome and Tioga. The Elmira area calls itself the "Twin Tiers". ccwaters 23:38, 14 August 2005 (UTC)
- I must agree: I grew up in Otsego County and this area has never to my knowledge been included in the Southern Tier. This area is regularly referred to as Central New York with the northern part of the county (area surrounding Otsego Lake) specifically being included in the Leatherstocking Region as it is a featured setting in James Fenimore Cooper's Leatherstocking Tales (The Deerslayer - Last of the Mohicans, etc).
[edit] Google Test
Here are some links that may help to define what people consider the Southern Tier to be:
- The Southern Tier West Regional Planning & Development Board coordinates planning and development in Allegany, Cattaraugus, and Chautauqua Counties — the westernmost 3 along the southern border (Cattaraugus, and Chautauqua were left out by the article)
- The Southern Tier East Regional Planning Development Board coordinates planning and development in Broome, Chenango, Cortland, Delaware, Schoharie, and Tioga counties. (Cortland and Schoharie were left out by article.)
- The Southern Tier Central Regional Planning and Development Board provides services to government, agencies, and the private sector in Chemung, Schuyler and Steuben Counties. (Schuyler was left out by the article).
- The Southern Tier Health Care System is a health network for Cattaraugus, Allegany, and Chautauqua Counties. (Again the western two were left out by the article, while all the eastern counties are not included in the STHCS.)
- The Southern Tier Library System covers the counties of Allegany, Steuben, Chemung, Yates, and Schuyler. (Yates, and Schuyler were left out by the article.)
- Southern Tier Economic Growth appears to be involved with just Chemung county.
One point that I noticed is that the Southern Tier of NY corresponds closely with the northernmost section of what's considered to be Appalachia.
Nonenmac 01:05, 12 September 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Corrections
I've done some corrections based on the arguments posted on this page. Otsego and Chenango Counties are now listed as "rarely" referred to as Southern Tier Counties. Cattaraugus County is now on the main list.
I should note that "Twin Tiers" encompasses "Southern Tier" so if you're part of the Twin Tiers, you're either in the Southern Tier (of NY) or Northern Tier (of PA). In other words, yes, Elmira is part of the Southern Tier.
JMyrleFuller 21:22, 7 July 2007 (UTC)
I have changed the article to avoid speculation as to why there was population decline in recent decades. I am not sure that the decline is still happening, for one, and also, the discussion that population decline is attributed to a poor climate or the Southern tier not being close to a major metro area is just speculation...not really article material. --Zmkub (talk) 16:51, 23 November 2007 (UTC)
