[Phantom Lord]

My short list.

The city is dirty
vagrants abound
crime is high
taxes are very high
jobs are lacking
the city has a big drug problem
episodes of "COPS" are from Buffalo (not a good thing)
the weather sucks (though some like 7 months of winter)
many city leaders and community activists think the key to rebuilding Buffalo and its economy is a new bridge to Canada!
Others think the movie Bruce Almighty is going to help the city. How?
Virtually all attempts to bring in new business and industry are ridiculed and prevented. How's the Aud doing?
How about the fighting and bickering over maintaining delapedated grain elevators? People think those can be a tourist attraction to help the economy! What a joke!
Hows the water front doing?

Sure, Buffalo has some attractions. The Albright Knox, which is world class and top notch. Niagra Falls, which is not in Buffalo. Bison’s games are fun to attend. The Sabres used to be, but now they suck. Bill’s games are fun to go to even though they suck. But a minor league team and 2 mediocre professional teams do not a city make, and in net economic terms they are a drain on the city. The Buffalo Zoo? I guess that’s an attraction. As long as you don’t go on student discount day.

I am having a hard time coming up with anything else that would make someone or a family want to visit Buffalo, and much less move there.

There certainly are a lot of things I miss about Buffalo. I loved my 5 years there and I wouldn’t trade them for 5 years at any other college or town. But there was nothing there that was worth staying and starting a career and having a family in the future. I also met my wife in Buffalo and I will never forgive the city for that! LOL! Just kidding.

The people I know who went to college in Buffalo, both Buff State and UB who are still living there are filling 2 jobs. Bartender or teacher. That’s it. Seriously. And the bartenders are graduates of UB.

The town I grew up in, Endicott NY is even worse. That place truly is a stinking hell hole with little to no chance of ever improving. Buffalo at least has a shot of returning to its former glory. Endicott does not.

[conservativeinbflo.]

You need to stop reading the Buffalo News online. That rag is a steaming turd of a newspaper, blantantly biased to the left, with an editor-in-chief who has the IQ of a rat.

You cite many things that are true about Buffalo, but you have to get past what the so-called leaders have done, and see what this city once was, and what it can be in the future... as soon as they get the goombahs out of office (you forgot to mention that the Mafia controls this city, and Niagara Falls). Let's look on the bright side of things for a moment, shall we?

the winters are long, but can be beautiful. The summers are ideal. The architecture here is unmatched except perhaps by Chicago. There's an underground arts culture that is thriving, the food is great and the people are even better (so long as you don't stray to the East or West sides...). We have the Allentown Art Festival, Thursday in the Square, food festivals abound, Spot Coffee, The Towne's souvlaki, Delware Park (an Olmsted Park), Roswell Park Cancer Inst... I mean seriously, I went to Oberlin College, right outside of Cleveland. That city, as well as many others I have visited, has such a rude, arrogant population of people, it's sickening. And talk about vagrants! Have you ever visited Rochester?Sure, Buffalo has a definite white-trash contingent, but at least it's a city that always welcomes its visitors. Everything bad about this city has happened in the last 50 years. It will take 50 years to rebuild it.

And don't insult the grain elevators. I think there's something majestic about them. :)

My husband went to Notre Dame Law. All of the good law jobs are taken by UB grads. I think the UB & Buff State grads have taken all of the good jobs in this city! Had you stayed, you probably would've found something, too.