I grew up in the Buffalo area and have lived in Amherst for the last 6 years and absolutely love the area. My wife and I bought a house for $185,000, it's 2400 sq. feet and change and it's located on a cul de sac in a great neighborhood. Actually Peca and Barnaby live around the corner, hope Peca brings the cup to Amherst after tonight!! There is plenty to do as far as restaurants and entertainment (bills/Sabres/Sheas). The traffic is not bad at all. A bad accident during rush hour may take you 10 minutes longer to get somewhere, which compared to other cities is nothing. My wife and I both have good jobs, I am in the computer field and my wife is a teacher. There are jobs to be had in the area. The biggest problem is you have to find them. Often times the bigger companies won't advertise positions in the Buffalo News, so finding the jobs is the toughest part. If we were to move, I could probably make more but my wife would take a cut. The only thing that would drive us to move is the taxes. Our house has been assessed twice in the last 3 years and has went from 175,000 to $230,000, which obviously raised our taxes. We now pay over $6000 per year in taxes, which pretty much makes me sick. I love the Buffalo area and would not want to move, especially with family and friends in the area. But if taxes continue to rise, I may have no choice. It's something I do not like to think about, can't imagine not going to the Bills games. I have many friend in the Raleigh area and wasn't overly impressed, but that is the most likely destination if necessary. Go Bills...Go sabres....go Buffalo...