I love Buffalo because

[San Jose Bills Fan]

Everyone here does act like we are

family. That is why I am here and not

on my teams site!

You got that right, sister!

[Buffalo Barbarian]

Everyone here does act like we are

family. That is why I am here and not

one my teams site!

so are you a Bills fan and what other teams do you like besides Dallas?

[CowgirlsFan]

so are you a Bills fan and what other teams do you like besides Dallas?

 

The Bills are my "associate team" because

of a friendship with TBD member Aussiew.

I came to TBD to learn the team.

 

The Cowboys are my team. I was born in

Fort Worth Texas 30 miles west of Dallas

Texas.

 

The lead teller at work is a Lions Fan and the

childhood friend of my other half is a Browns

fan.

 

Those are the NFL teams that I have alerts

on my ESPN sports app on my iPhone.

[BillsFanNC]

I’ve been enjoying this site for a few years without posting, but you guys have really inspired me today. There’s been some disputation about Buffalo weather in this thread. Well, here’s my take: A “Four Seasons Tribute” to my beloved hometown.

 

Winter: Getting up with my brother at 5:30 to deliver our newspapers -- pitch darkness and hellish weather be damned -- and never missing a day in 3 years (even that first morning in ’77, when our main goal was to prevent our eyeballs from getting lashed from our faces). Simple and unsaid rule: our dad went out to work in the worst winter weather, and so the hell did we.

 

Spring: That ONE day, when you would stumble out of school into the brightness, throw off your jacket, roll up your sleeves for the first time since September, and then just stand there – silent, slack-jawed, blinking with disbelief; feeling that indescribably sweet warmth on your skin. No one could ever experience that feeling without first living through a Buffalo winter.

 

Summer: Dull roar of kids playing outside mixed with the dawn-to-dusk blare of lawnmowers and 97 Rock. 10-cent afternoon swims at the public pool, Lions-PAL baseball at Delaware Park, Chevy Tonawanda UAW softball games, evening basketball and touch football after the church parking-lot asphalt cooled down a bit. Jostling with my brothers to grab the sports page when the BEN arrived, eager to check out the Bills’ training-camp news (some rookie named Lucious Sanford hitting everything that moves …).

 

Fall: In the backyard on an exquisitely beautiful late-September Sunday afternoon. Tossing around a football with my brothers while Van Miller calls out the play-by-play from our parents’ 1950s-vintage radio, perched in the open dining-room window. Rookie Jerry Butler scores FOUR touchdowns, Bills beat the hated Jets – and the very first leaves are starting to tinge red and gold on the maple trees.

 

I adore my non-Buffalonian wife, but if I told her that September afternoon with my brothers was probably one of the 5 happiest days of my life, she would look at me with disbelief -- and I honestly couldn’t blame her. The damn thing is, I don’t know any of you guys here on TBD, but you all understand exactly what I mean. THAT is why I love Buffalo …

 

 

 

Great post. This captures much of what I miss about my hometown.

[Tu-Toned]

From reading through the various posts, it is apparent that the common denominator is the people.

I went back up for a Sabres game this past fall, and when we get into the elevator at the Hotel,

some delivery guy gets in and immediatley asks where we are from at what brings us to Buffalo.

Pretty much the same everywhere we went, and my wife comments to me, that the people up here are

so open and freindly, I just smile and say "that's Buffalo".

 

I live in Pittsburgh, and have for the last 40+ years, and although it is a great place to live

and raise a family, it cannot hold a candle to the good natured people from Buffalo.

[poo]

I don't, Rochester #1!

[Buffaloed in Pa]

I can visit and not live there. South Park Ave. What a dirt hole S. Buffalo has become since I was a kid. Still love the Bills .

[Geno Smith's Arm]

Wow. These kinds of threads pop up now and then.

 

"I love Buffalo because of"...the people. "People like me, and my friends, and my family. Hey, you're from Buffalo too, aren't we cool people? Hey, we're great, and there's no place better!"

 

The best thing about Buffalo? The traffic, because there is so little to deal with.

 

Buffalo has a lot of great things, mixed with some not so great things (like most places), but I find the people a bit "insular", and that leads to a tight community, but also some closed minded thinking.

[MHS75]

I was born here (Sisters), raised here, left for 30 years, then came "back home." For all of the attributes cited above. More to the point, have traveled extensively (USN) and cannot find anywhere on the planet where "all of the stars align" as they do here in WNY. Would NEVER consider moving again.

 

Just plain LOVE it here.

[BillsPride12]

Was thinking about this thread yesterday while I was at my neighbor's annual fourth of july party. Been going there since I was a kid, close friends of the family and although nowadays I only really get to see this group of people once a year at the July 4th party its like we are still all just as close as we used to be. Of course we talk about the Bills, its like a common bond. It is the people that make Buffalo such a great place.

[SnakeOiler]

.....the canadian ballet. Nothing like it in the world

[bopper2]

The pasta fazul at Santasiero's.

[San Jose Bills Fan]

The pasta fazul at Santasiero's.

Along with those hot peppers they poach in olive oil, some bread and butter, and the house red served in a juice glass.

 

Mmmmm. Good cheap eats.

 

 

[HOUSE]

Too many to list.....really

[JohnTheFisherman]

Great thread. For Buffalonians past and present, if you had guests from out of town for just a few days:

-3 things you take them to see, excluding Bills/Sabres/Bison?

-3 places you take them to eat/drink?

[biglukes]

Great thread. For Buffalonians past and present, if you had guests from out of town for just a few days:

-3 things you take them to see, excluding Bills/Sabres/Bison?

-3 places you take them to eat/drink?

To see: Walk the waterfront (canalside, naval park, marina), the Canadian side of the falls, and the Elmwood village at night to hit up Bullfeathers, Coles, Goodbar, etc.

 

To eat: Illio's, Pearl Street, and Pappas's for 10 cent wings.

[Justice]

Great thread. You guys summed up Buffalo very well. I enjoyed reading your posts. Here's my take:

 

Is there a better place in the world to grow up in than Buffalo, NY? I wouldn't trade my childhood for anything. Above all else, I believe what makes Buffalo so great is the four seasons, like the previous poster put so well. I'll try to add to it a little.

 

Winter

The very first snow fall of the year. Snow ball fights with friends. Snow days off from school. Tackle football games in the snow. Hockey games in the vacant parking lot on Pennsylvania Ave. Carrying our hockey gear to different neighborhoods to challenge them to a game. Skiing. Sledding. Hot cups of hot chocolate.

 

Spring

Getting that first taste of warm weather after the winter finally got old. It was a glorious feeling and also a reminder that the school year was almost finished. Mr Softee Ice cream.

 

Summer

In the summertime everyone is outdoors enjoying the warm weather. When I was a youngster I didn't have to go to clubs or bars to pick up girls, because there were so many walking up and down my block. Swimming in the pool by the waterfront was fun, especially when my life guard buddy of mine allowed our crew to use the pool without outsiders at night. Hide-n-go seek. Trading in my football and hockey gear for a basketball and the Gus Macker tournament. Just sitting on the porch with all my neighborhood friends laughing it up until the wee hours of the night. Ted's Hot Dogs.

 

Fall

Getting dressed up for the first day of school and wondering which girls will be in your class this year. The beginning of football and hockey season. There's no place like Buffalo for Halloween and beggar's night. The beautiful site of the leaves changing colors.

 

I love Buffalo because it's everything Miami isn't. I lived each half of my life in both places and still feel like Buffalo is the much better place to live and raise a family. I go back every year, sometimes twice a year, since I left and bring native Floridians along with me and they also love Buffalo and have gone back even without me.

 

When people try to put Buffalo down I always challenge them to try and tell me what they can do here that I can't do in Buffalo and they never win. It's always the same. "We got the beach year round and better night life", is all I ever hear, but when it comes down to it, there are far more things you can do in Buffalo than in Miami. It's a fact.

 

Better food, better people, and no traffic. I'll take that over this any day of the week. My kids are missing out. They won't even go outside because it's so hot down here. You can't do anything about the heat when you're outdoors. At least you can prepare yourself for the cold.

 

And FINALLY....Is there a better place in the universe to win a championship????? The hunt and the pain leading up to one will make our championship celebration one for the ages!!!

 

Long live Buffalo!!!!!

[bbb]

Great thread. You guys summed up Buffalo very well. I enjoyed reading your posts. Here's my take:

 

Is there a better place in the world to grow up in than Buffalo, NY? I wouldn't trade my childhood for anything. Above all else, I believe what makes Buffalo so great is the four seasons, like the previous poster put so well. I'll try to add to it a little.

 

Winter

The very first snow fall of the year. Snow ball fights with friends. Snow days off from school. Tackle football games in the snow. Hockey games in the vacant parking lot on Pennsylvania Ave. Carrying our hockey gear to different neighborhoods to challenge them to a game. Skiing. Sledding. Hot cups of hot chocolate.

 

Spring

Getting that first taste of warm weather after the winter finally got old. It was a glorious feeling and also a reminder that the school year was almost finished. Mr Softee Ice cream.

 

Summer

In the summertime everyone is outdoors enjoying the warm weather. When I was a youngster I didn't have to go to clubs or bars to pick up girls, because there were so many walking up and down my block. Swimming in the pool by the waterfront was fun, especially when my life guard buddy of mine allowed our crew to use the pool without outsiders at night. Hide-n-go seek. Trading in my football and hockey gear for a basketball and the Gus Macker tournament. Just sitting on the porch with all my neighborhood friends laughing it up until the wee hours of the night. Ted's Hot Dogs.

 

Fall

Getting dressed up for the first day of school and wondering which girls will be in your class this year. The beginning of football and hockey season. There's no place like Buffalo for Halloween and beggar's night. The beautiful site of the leaves changing colors.

 

I love Buffalo because it's everything Miami isn't. I lived each half of my life in both places and still feel like Buffalo is the much better place to live and raise a family. I go back every year, sometimes twice a year, since I left and bring native Floridians along with me and they also love Buffalo and have gone back even without me.

 

When people try to put Buffalo down I always challenge them to try and tell me what they can do here that I can't do in Buffalo and they never win. It's always the same. "We got the beach year round and better night life", is all I ever hear, but when it comes down to it, there are far more things you can do in Buffalo than in Miami. It's a fact.

 

Better food, better people, and no traffic. I'll take that over this any day of the week. My kids are missing out. They won't even go outside because it's so hot down here. You can't do anything about the heat when you're outdoors. At least you can prepare yourself for the cold.

 

And FINALLY....Is there a better place in the universe to win a championship????? The hunt and the pain leading up to one will make our championship celebration one for the ages!!!

 

Long live Buffalo!!!!!

 

I remember somebody in Boston telling me the reason we are so much more into the Bills than they are the Patriots (this was in the early 90s) was because we didn't have anything else to do. Now, Miami might have those two things you mentioned.......But, Buffalo's nightlife is 10X better than Boston and there is absolutely nothing that I can think of that you can in Boston that you can't do in Buffalo (except MLB and NBA, but he was not talking about sports).

 

I love that you have native Floridians coming up here now without you!

[Justice]

I remember somebody in Boston telling me the reason we are so much more into the Bills than they are the Patriots (this was in the early 90s) was because we didn't have anything else to do. Now, Miami might have those two things you mentioned.......But, Buffalo's nightlife is 10X better than Boston and there is absolutely nothing that I can think of that you can in Boston that you can't do in Buffalo (except MLB and NBA, but he was not talking about sports).

 

I love that you have native Floridians coming up here now without you!

 

Oh yeah. They go back every couple of years, usually in the winter. They love Kissing Bridge, LaNova's, Jim's, Panos, Niagara Falls, the casinos, Chippewa, and many other spots. They like the people, too, they have become friends with my friends. They have a great deal of respect for Bills' fans, too. They see Buffalo for what it is, instead of its nationwide reputation.

[bbb]

That is so cool.