OT - Why Would Anyone Actually Live in Buffalo?

[OilfieldJet]

Yeah, we get hurricanes, but sheesh, snow 8 months of the year? No thanks.

[jbt]

yeah Canada sucks

 

[32EBoozer]

1 minute ago, OilfieldJet said:

Yeah, we get hurricanes, but sheesh, snow 8 months of the year? No thanks.

I was thinking the same thing yesterday after reading how Upstate NY is expecting an additional 6” in the coming days. 
The “wings” can’t be that good!

[T0mShane]

I lived in Rochester for a year. It wasn’t bad. They have storm cleanup down to a science. Went to several Bills games in Buffalo and it looks like a lot of rusted out manufacturing towns in the midwest. 

[kevinc855]

Lived there for 2 months at a temp job at 23 years old.......never again. People are generally nice, weather stinks, job market stinks, and theres nothing fun around Buffalo NY. 

There is a reason much of Bills mafia are alcoholics 

[Matt39]

Thoughts with our upstate NY peeps. 

[Larz]

Lake effect snow is usually like an every 10 years cycle.  This year has been brutal. 

[dbatesman]

My brother lives there, and weather notwithstanding it’s actually a great place to live. Affordable, small enough that it’s easy to get around, big enough that there’s plenty to do. They put a ton of money into the downtown and riverfront areas recently, and they’re really nice.

[undertow]

I lived upstate on the Vermont border for a year it was fun for a few months after that it was just depressing and I probably would have turned into an alcoholic if I stayed....plus everyone in the town looked like they were from The Hills Have Eyes.

[TNJet]

15 hours ago, kevinc855 said:

Lived there for 2 months at a temp job at 23 years old.......never again. People are generally nice, weather stinks, job market stinks, and theres nothing fun around Buffalo NY. 

There is a reason much of Bills mafia are alcoholics 

You forgot their GM stinks right?

[kevinc855]

Just now, TNJet said:

You forgot their GM stinks right?

 

[Jim dean]

Beef on weck only reason so good

[playtowinthegame]

3 minutes ago, kevinc855 said:

 

 

Looks like we got a replacement for GreenBean. Keep it up Kev. 

[THE BARON]

Dunno.  If you like winter stuff like skiing and ice fishing, it might be kewl.  Or if you earn a living doing snow removal ???

Gotta take your vitamin D for sure, though... 

[Biggs]

I've looked at all the top reasons to live in Buffalo.  The No. 1 reason in all the survey's is the low cost of housing.  Apparently the big selling point is nobody wants to live there. 

[Ron Rico]

I'm pretty sure the local economy is almost exclusively dependent on the student body of Buffalo State, and University of Buffalo. It's a college town. 

As far as people who live there, they grew up there and never left. You have cops, utilities, nurses, other medical professions. There's a significant federal presence.

Most of upstate NY is the same, or worse, like Syracuse. 

[kevinc855]

10 minutes ago, playtowinthegame said:

 

Looks like we got a replacement for GreenBean. Keep it up Kev. 

a clean shaven one

[Xtina]

Because the Bills are there? 

[Matt39]

7 minutes ago, Coquito said:

I'm pretty sure the local economy is almost exclusively dependent on the student body of Buffalo State, and University of Buffalo. It's a college town. 

As far as people who live there, they grew up there and never left. You have cops, utilities, nurses, other medical professions. There's a significant federal presence.

Most of upstate NY is the same, or worse, like Syracuse. 

You can leave for 20 years and come back and your buddy will be on the same barstool you last saw him on. 

[Green Ghost]

19 minutes ago, playtowinthegame said:

 

Looks like we got a replacement for GreenBean. Keep it up Kev. 

Did Greenbean pack it in, or is he still doing those JN videos nobody watches?

He’s a good guy. I miss him around here.

[Long Island Leprechaun]

You could say that about seventy-five percent of the U.S. Buffalo is like Biaritz compared to Bismark and Toledo.

[THE BARON]

14 minutes ago, Coquito said:

I'm pretty sure the local economy is almost exclusively dependent on the student body of Buffalo State, and University of Buffalo. It's a college town. 

As far as people who live there, they grew up there and never left. You have cops, utilities, nurses, other medical professions. There's a significant federal presence.

Most of upstate NY is the same, or worse, like Syracuse. 

When I was a freshman in HS I went up to Syracuse during winter break to visit my older brother who was going to SU.   I recall the snow being piled so high there were snow tunnels along the sidewalks.  Pretty good pizza up there and very good Buffalo wings too.  It's all coming back now... LOLZ.  I flew up there from Newark on this defunct airline called Peoples Express.  The round trip ticket was $50.00

[jgb]

Spent 3 years outside of Detroit. Buffalo is Eden.

[playtowinthegame]

18 minutes ago, Green Ghost said:

Did Greenbean pack it in, or is he still doing those JN videos nobody watches?

He’s a good guy. I miss him around here.

 

Greenbean is definitely a good guy. I always use to watch his JN videos. His videos were almost therapeutic during the Adam Gase years. lol

[Ron Rico]

7 minutes ago, THE BARON said:

When I was a freshman in HS I went up to Syracuse during winter break to visit my older brother who was going to SU.   I recall the snow being piled so high there were snow tunnels along the sidewalks.  Pretty good pizza up there and very good Buffalo wings too.  It's all coming back now... LOLZ.  I flew up there from Newark on this defunct airline called Peoples Express.  The round trip ticket was $50.00

I was in Albany visiting a friend he was in the State trooper academy (I think) or on the waiting list but I remember walking around in a foot of snow all the time. The snow was actually exhilarating. I can only imagine how depressing that place must be in the Fall. Everything was dingy and run down. We went fishing in the Hudson river, froze my ass off. LOL

[Charlie Brown]

16 hours ago, jbt said:

yeah Canada sucks

 

Buffalo is a harsh harsh place to live but the people, in general, are extremely hospitable and caring.  Lived there during the Bills' SB run, proud UB GRAD!!

And that community and team taught me a lot, always grateful for the folks who dug me out of snow banks who I didn't know and the kindness extended... but I still like it when the Jets BEAT THE HECK OUT OF THEM!  

[Green Ghost]

9 minutes ago, playtowinthegame said:

 

Greenbean is definitely a good guy. I always use to watch his JN videos. His videos were almost therapeutic during the Adam Gase years. lol

Humble and totally insignificant brag… I was the first JN poster he named and discussed in a JN video.

He called me the voice of the anti-Sam Darnold crowd. (Very small group at the time)

It was funny how that played out, I went from the most hated guy on this board, to well… I guess nothing much has changed except my screen name. ?

 

[Larz]

16 hours ago, T0mShane said:

I lived in Rochester for a year. It wasn’t bad. They have storm cleanup down to a science. Went to several Bills games in Buffalo and it looks like a lot of rusted out manufacturing towns in the midwest. 

I went to RIT for a year and a half. On my summer orientation visit I noticed that alongside the path that went from the dorms to the academic buildings there were thick posts with thick rope along the side. I asked what it was for and the guide said that the winter winds blew so hard that you use the ropes as a guide because you’ll have your head down the whole way lol.

[Ron Rico]

2 minutes ago, Charlie Brown said:

Buffalo is a harsh harsh place to live but the people, in general, are extremely hospitable and caring.  Lived there during the Bills' SB run.  And that community and team taught me a lot, always grateful but I still like when the Jets BEAT THE HECK OUT OF THEM!  

All the Great Lakes cities are very similar. Buffalo people have a similar accent to "ChiKAGGO". Overall very good group of people. The one city on the Great Lakes that reminded most of North Jersey/NYC was Milwaukee. But that was years ago, I have no idea what it's like, now.

[THE BARON]

32 minutes ago, Coquito said:

I was in Albany visiting a friend he was in the State trooper academy (I think) or on the waiting list but I remember walking around in a foot of snow all the time. The snow was actually exhilarating. I can only imagine how depressing that place must be in the Fall. Everything was dingy and run down. We went fishing in the Hudson river, froze my ass off. LOL

Seems like most find it to be fun for a while, but a lengthy stay is something different all together.  You have to be one of those "off the grid" types to enjoy that year round, I suppose.  My lady's older brother lives up in the northwestern corner of VT.  He's got a big stone and log cabin.  Lots of maple trees on his land, so he taps them and make his own syrup.  We went up there to visit him a few times.  Other than hunt and fish and scrounge the woods for downed branches to use for fire-wood,  not much to do there.  

[SAM SAM HE'S OUR MAN]

1 hour ago, Jim dean said:

Beef on weck only reason so good

[The Gun Of Bavaria]

Every winter as I deal with a little snow in Michigan, in between skiing, skating, snowmobiling, etc., I have the comfort of knowing my house will not be wiped off the face of the Earth by:

1. Hurricanes

2. Tornadoes

3. Floods

4. Earthquakes

5. Landslides

6. Drought

7. Tsunamis 

8. Wildfires

9. Volcanic Eruption

10. Heat waves with rolling blackouts.

11. Sinkholes

12. Avalanches

13. Grapefruit-sized hail.

14. Storm Surges

 

..............but hey.. enjoy that good weather in the winter, before you all run indoors from 8AM - 7PM because the heat and/or humidity is so unbearable, that it basically keeps you locked inside your air conditioned places all summer.

 

 

[greenwichjetfan]

18 hours ago, OilfieldJet said:

Yeah, we get hurricanes, but sheesh, snow 8 months of the year? No thanks.

You must be in Houston. My part of TX we get Tornadoes. Until earlier this year, I had called the northeast my home for my whole life, so I see the pros and cons of both.

Without a doubt, North Texas weather >>> Northeast weather, except that snow doesn't have the ability to wipe away your house and family in a split second without much warning the way that a tornado does. 

[RutgersJetFan]

2 hours ago, dbatesman said:

My brother lives there, and weather notwithstanding it’s actually a great place to live. Affordable, small enough that it’s easy to get around, big enough that there’s plenty to do. They put a ton of money into the downtown and riverfront areas recently, and they’re really nice.

Actually had an offer out there and we wound up turning it down but I liked it out there a lot. A lot to love in terms of raising a family and I totally get why people would move up there. So much to do and it's gorgeous. I had some regrets during the summer and fall months but man, am I happy with the decision now.

[ScarletKnight89]

Buffalo is all about cows and garbage, as a caller once explained to Mike Francesa ?