Settlements similar to or like Capital District, New York

Area codes 518 and 838 are telephone area codes serving the northeasternmost part of Upstate New York in the United States. Established as one of the original area codes during 1947. Wikipedia

Located. Two cities (New York and Albany) were incorporated in the 17th century, while the most recent incorporation, of Rye, occurred in 1942. Wikipedia

List of museums, defined for this context as institutions that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for public viewing. Museums that exist only in cyberspace (i.e., virtual museums) are not included. Wikipedia

Tech Valley began as a marketing name for the eastern part of the U.S. state of New York, encompassing the Capital District and the Hudson Valley. Originating in 1998 to promote the greater Albany area as a high-tech competitor to regions such as Silicon Valley and Boston, the moniker subsequently grew to represent the counties in New York between IBM's Westchester County plants in the south and the Canada–United States border to the north, and has since evolved to constitute both the technologically-oriented metonym and the geographic territory comprising most of New York State north of New York City. Wikipedia

County in the state of New York, in the United States. Formed by the Mohawk River, at its confluence with the Hudson River, which is on the east. Wikipedia

County in the U.S. state of New York. 229,863, representing a 4.7% increase from the 2010 population of 219,607, representing one of the fastest growth rates in the Northeastern United States and the fastest-growing county in Upstate New York. Wikipedia