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US Egg

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  1. 15 minutes ago, ExiledInIllinois said:

    BFLo was built as a break-in-bulk transportation and died as one when transportation was streamlined. 

     

    The Seaway was built for the emergence of Toronto and death of BFLo.

     

    BFLo was simply bipassed 40 miles to West @ Welland.  What happens nobody is coming thru anymore.

     

    BFLo doesn't even crack the top 200 in ports in the nation.  It's water access has been made geographically irrelevant. 

     

    Nobody was looking out for BFLo when they were sold down the river... They were riding high w/confidence from the boom war years.

    Hope you don't mind I condensed it, you said it well and again so few are cognizant of how this all did Buffalo in. Thank you. 

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  2. 59 minutes ago, ExiledInIllinois said:

    1959, Seaway opens and bipasses BFLo.

    Jobs evaporated for blue collar type workers a lot quicker in the 60's and 70's in this area more than many other NE rust belt cities because of this.

     

    Not just in Buffalo, but Erie and Niagara counties and WNY. So few are aware of this fact.

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