You just described the area I grew up in. Upstate NY. I have not been back in a few yearsBack in the '80's that place was great! More available poon-tang than you could shake a stick at! Loved driving up there weekends. Spent a lot of time in the woods up there! Some really cool places. Just had to watch out for the pot farms put out by the locals. Place was like "Copperhead Road" in some areas.
I was there about 5 years ago and the place is a leftist shit-hole and the only poon tang was dude-on-dude and ugly unshaved-pit Army-boot-wearing Subaru drivers. No wonder they got flooded like Gomorrah.
Well, what are you gonna do...