Their's two ways of looking at this positive and negative. While I know being a Buffalo native it's hard to be positive. The city of Buffalo is in bad shape. Parks are closing cut-backs for schools, etc. The people who are still there are ones suffering, however if Buffalo can revitalize downtown, ie the waterfront, Bass pro, a new stadium, etc the rest will take care of itself. If you think that things can't get any worse for Buffalo just try standing pat. I watched it happen here in Columbus. This was a small city when I came here in 83 but then one sky scraper after another went up and I think its safe to say their was a trickle down effect. The downtown area is beautiful with a stadium for the Blue Jackets and even the "bad parts of downtown have improved.