I was in Buffalo a couple weeks ago for the first time in nearly 15 years. I was pleasantly surprised at how much the city has transformed itself, sure the weather blows balls, but the neighborhoods seemed alive, yeah there are rough spots but that is the case everywhere. There were people out and about at restaurants, bars, stores. It was really good to see. The entire rust belt gets a bad rap but they are doing something special in making these areas come back to life. Now get the taxes under control and Buffalo can return to it's one time glory years.