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People in NYC have warped perceptions of distance.

I grew up in Queens. My grandmother would pack us a lunch when my dad I visited my cousins in "Upstate" in Westchester county (probably a 30 minute drive on the weekend in those days). The Albany/Troy area to a New Yorker is somewhere between Mongolia and Boston.

The ironic thing is that millions of people in the NY metro area spend 1-2 hours commuting less than 20 miles every day!

For me, close to NYC means Poughkeepsie or further south.

RPI is actually in Troy, but the distance is correct.

You're right, it is. I always thought that was just Rensselear, but I've never spent long enough to actually notice the town lines.