Possibly moving back to WNY: northtowns or southtowns?

[Draconator]

8 hours ago, Mike in Horseheads said:

If you live on right on 20a  I've past your house many times. Never in the winter though, can't imagine those speedtrap hills in Warsaw around then

Not near Warsaw

[US Egg]

16 hours ago, Draconator said:

Hopefully in a couple of years, we'll have a winter snow-bird house down south (Mississippi). 

Mississippi? Honestly, never heard that as a winter getaway, but if it’s as nice as Alabama, I get it.
 

The Red Neck Riviera is beautiful. 

[Draconator]

1 minute ago, US Egg said:

Mississippi? Honestly, never heard that as a winter getaway, but if it’s as nice as Alabama, I get it.
 

The Red Neck Riviera is beautiful. 

We're fans of the HGTV Show Hometown. So in 2023 we went to Laurel, Mississippi where the show is filmed for a vacation. We went back this year, and the town just fits us like your favorite pair of jeans. It's just so comfortable. We met many people that have been on the show. They are all so friendly. 

[US Egg]

4 minutes ago, Draconator said:

We met many people that have been on the show. They are all so friendly. 

We stopped in a few small places in Alabama before and after leaving the Gulf Shores. No lie, in the one place heard a red neck say to another in a hushed tone “damn bunch of liberals”. But that was about it. 

[Draconator]

24 minutes ago, US Egg said:

We stopped in a few small places in Alabama before and after leaving the Gulf Shores. No lie, in the one place heard a red neck say to another in a hushed tone “damn bunch of liberals”. But that was about it. 

I didn't get any of that when I was there. We got more "did you find a church yet" than anything political. 

[Not at the table Karlos]

On 5/20/2025 at 9:55 PM, Orlando Buffalo said:

My older relatives all live north of Buffalo- Willoamsville, Grand Island, Wheatfield- some around the age of 50 are loving North Buffalo right now near Hertel for fun places they can walk to in the nice weather. It has changed a lot on the last 25 years since I moved but some family I can't get to move. 

I lived on Hertel a couple houses down from the Garage for a few years. I absolutely loved the area. Only complaints I had was sometimes people would block part of my driveway but I could always get out but sometimes took some time with the traffic. Everything is near by. Wegmans, Tops, Dash’s, Target and a lot of other stores or restaurants. 

[Mike in Horseheads]

15 hours ago, Draconator said:

Not near Warsaw

I realize that, just commenting on that road coming from our area.

[Draconator]

7 hours ago, Mike in Horseheads said:

I realize that, just commenting on that road coming from our area.

Gotcha 

[Bob Lamb]

On 5/20/2025 at 10:47 AM, Ned Flanders said:

Looking to move back to WNY within the next couple of years...I like the real estate options in the southtowns (Hamburg, OP) but wondering if northtowns (Amherst, etc.) is the better way to go, given the snowbelt.

 

Any advice from the locals is greatly appreciated.  

 I have had the chance to live and work all over WNY; Rochester North & South, Buffalo Southtowns: East Aurora, OP and Cheektowaga, SUNY (Both campuses) and Amherst. Whwn I had to get an Security/Bond clearence - it was a SOB to remeber all the freaking addresses!  

 

Anyway, Barb & I moved to San Diego for work and the offer you cannot refuse. After 15 years, we decided to move back to WNY (Retirement). Housing and utilities are so much cheaper.  We looked at properties in Amherst (Over developed), Wheatfield (way spread out) and then found a property on Grand island and built a modular home, Taxes are what rhey are but rhe quality of living is OK! Grand Island is very rural but 20 minutes betweem Tonawanda/Amherst and Niagara Falls.

 

If you want snow - south of Broadway.

Any questions - reach out!

[Ned Flanders]

10 minutes ago, Bob Lamb said:

 I have had the chance to live and work all over WNY; Rochester North & South, Buffalo Southtowns: East Aurora, OP and Cheektowaga, SUNY (Both campuses) and Amherst. Whwn I had to get an Security/Bond clearence - it was a SOB to remeber all the freaking addresses!  

 

Anyway, Barb & I moved to San Diego for work and the offer you cannot refuse. After 15 years, we decided to move back to WNY (Retirement). Housing and utilities are so much cheaper.  We looked at properties in Amherst (Over developed), Wheatfield (way spread out) and then found a property on Grand island and built a modular home, Taxes are what rhey are but rhe quality of living is OK! Grand Island is very rural but 20 minutes betweem Tonawanda/Amherst and Niagara Falls.

 

If you want snow - south of Broadway.

Any questions - reach out!

Thanks Bob, always good to hear from a voice from the past!

[The Jokeman]

On 5/20/2025 at 10:47 AM, Ned Flanders said:

Looking to move back to WNY within the next couple of years...I like the real estate options in the southtowns (Hamburg, OP) but wondering if northtowns (Amherst, etc.) is the better way to go, given the snowbelt.

 

Any advice from the locals is greatly appreciated.  

I'm a lifetime Northtowner, when looking to buy a house with my wife (a lifetime Southtowner) I told he we should stick to the North because of less snow. She agreed and we're in the Tonawandas. Granted we did get 5 feet on Christmas a few years back but that's an exception not the norm.  Not only do we get less snow but snow removal from the Town is considerably better than in the City or Southtowns, toss in perks with garbage pick up and street cleaning etc. I work in Cheektowaga but most days it's only a 20-25 minute commute by car crazy snow falls the only issues really to cause further delays. 

[Bob Lamb]

3 minutes ago, The Jokeman said:

I'm a lifetime Northtowner, when looking to buy a house with my wife (a lifetime Southtowner) I told he we should stick to the North because of less snow. She agreed and we're in the Tonawandas. Granted we did get 5 feet on Christmas a few years back but that's an exception not the norm.  Not only do we get less snow but snow removal from the Town is considerably better than in the City or Southtowns, toss in perks with garbage pick up and street cleaning etc. I work in Cheektowaga but most days it's only a 20-25 minute commute by car crazy snow falls the only issues really to cause further delays. 

  I have to call global warming out. When we moved to SOCAL it was after a bizarre winter 2001.  Since we came back (2017) the winters are nothing like those of my youth.  The towns are pretty good at services plowing, garbage, and mosr important police. The City of Buffalo or Niagara Falls - not so much.

It's not even Memorial Day and my lilacs are in full bloom