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However
much
the tourist authorities try to encourage
visitors, the large and rambling state of NEW
YORK stands inevitably in the shadow of
America's most celebrated city. The words
"New York" bring to mind soaring
skyscrapers and congested streets, not the
50,000 square miles of rolling dairy farmland,
colonial villages, workaday towns, lakes,
waterfalls and towering mountains that spread
north and west from New York City and
constitute upstate New York. Their
strongest appeal is to the outdoors fanatic.
Just an hour's drive north of Manhattan, the
valley of the Hudson River, with the
moody Catskill Mountains rising
stealthily from the west bank, offers a
respite from the intensity of the city. Much
wilder and more rugged are the peaks of the
vast Adirondack Mountains further north
– far beyond the scope of a casual
excursion, but holding some of eastern
America's most enticing scenery. To the west,
the central portion of the state is occupied
by the slender Finger Lakes and endless
miles of dairy farms and vineyards. Few of the
cities hold much of interest, but the smaller
towns, like Ivy League Ithaca, can be quite
charming for a day or two, while the venerable
spa town of Saratoga Springs attracts
thousands of punters during the August racing
season.
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