Why does the character George Altman in Suburgatory choose to move from New York City to upstate New York ?
Upstate New York showed an unusual amount of electoral strength when Buffalo 's Carl Paladino and Panama 's Greg Edwards defeated downstate candidates Rick Lazio and Thomas Ognibene for the Republican nomination in the New York gubernatorial election , 2010 , thanks largely to overwhelming support upstate and in Western New York ( as high as 93 % for Paladino in his home county of Erie County ) .