I’m from Buffalo and left it for the “Bible belt.” Since it’s 2014 in America, the Bible belt isn’t so good, either, but it’s a far cry from Buffalo, too. Buffalo is about 80% Catholic and 15% mainline Protestant, and anyone there who speaks of Jesus or talks about reading the Bible or praying outside of emergencies is considered a weird religious fanatic. Buffalo is considered one of the least Bible-minded and most post-Christian cities in America, according to a couple of Barna surveys. Heavily Catholic cities like Buffalo follow the same pattern.
New York (and north to New England) in general, and Buffalo in particular, are outstandingly bad. The Jean Jadot and Pio Laghi-nominated modernist bishops in Buffalo, Syracuse and Rochester presided for decades over the relentless decay of what used to be vibrant Catholic dioceses. They rusted out, like their desolate cities.