I was at the tail end of that....
I remember race riots, vietnam protests, and the end of the steel mills.
The gold coast of Buffalo was a sight to behold in it’s day. Five steel mills ( Bethlehem, Hanna, Republic, and two smaller specialty mills), two coke producers, chemical plants, Ford stamping, GM’s Tonawanda Motors, ARCO’s refinery, Mobil Refinery, Trico, Ralston Purina Mills, Pillsbury Mills, General Foods Mills, Cargil Concrete, Continental Can, Westinghouse, American Standard....
Then came the democRATS and they have turned Buffalo into a smaller version of Detroit.
Western NY was once a great place to live. There were thousands of small towns that had their own industries from logging, cutlery, paper, to furniture. Now the cities and small towns are empty, or full of fat white women and their nappy headed offspring. It’s repulsive.
Ditto-—from Dunkirk!