The funny, (read sad), thing about WNY with the cynicism directed to Toronto - 50 years ago, people from Toronto used to pack up the car and come to Buffalo to visit, shop, etc.. In that reletively short time, their city has grown into one of the top in North America (for many things), while Buffalo has fallen into the ranks of country wide joke, (on many fronts).
As someone I know once commented on a city - Buffalo can be likened to a beautiful ship with an insane crew at the healm...Shame on the cities/counties leadership or lack there of this past 1/2 century. If Buffalo were a bank, the Feds would have seized her long ago...