I ❤️ Chautauqua!

[Chautauqua Mafia]

Spent my first night as a resident here last night and I gotta tell you, despite the wind nearly melting my face off, I love it here. Just the vibe I've been looking for after decades in the mid Atlantic hellscape. 

[BillsPride12]

Make sure you check out the National Comedy Center in Jamestown 

[boyst]

Macungie > Chatauqua

[Mike in Horseheads]

3 hours ago, Chautauqua Mafia said:

Spent my first night as a resident here last night and I gotta tell you, despite the wind nearly melting my face off, I love it here. Just the vibe I've been looking for after decades in the mid Atlantic hellscape. 

A good snowblower might come in handy

[SoTier]

4 hours ago, Chautauqua Mafia said:

Spent my first night as a resident here last night and I gotta tell you, despite the wind nearly melting my face off, I love it here. Just the vibe I've been looking for after decades in the mid Atlantic hellscape. 

 

Welcome to God's Country.   Where did you finally settle?

[Draconator]

I was wondering how a board name I don't recognize has 58K posts. Then it came to me. 

 

And I've relegated myself to one drink a night for 6 nights of the week, unless I go out, at a gig, etc, so alcohol is no longer an excuse. 

 

Glad you found yourself! It is beautiful there. 

[Chautauqua Mafia]

6 hours ago, Mike in Horseheads said:

A good snowblower might come in handy

I've got one.

 

5 hours ago, SoTier said:

 

Welcome to God's Country.   Where did you finally settle?

Outside Fredonia.

7 hours ago, boyst said:

Macungie > Chatauqua

I can conclusively say that's untrue.

 

Mid Atlantic corridor sucks 

5 hours ago, Draconator said:

 

Glad you found yourself! It is beautiful there. 

It really is. If I take a left out of my driveway and go about 500 feet up a small hill, it turns out I have an INCREDIBLE view out over Fredonia/Dunkirk with the lake taking up almost the whole horizon.

 

Thinking of taking pictures of it in all four seasons and getting the photos matted and framed.

[LeviF]

On 11/29/2025 at 3:34 PM, boyst said:

Macungie > Chatauqua

 

SA-LUTE!

[Chautauqua Mafia]

1 hour ago, LeviF said:

 

SA-LUTE!

If anything, where I'm at now is MORE apropos for that reference lol

 

I love the country, man. People aren't my jam.

[Ridgewaycynic2013]

On 11/29/2025 at 11:02 PM, Chautauqua Mafia said:

If I take a left out of my driveway and go about 500 feet up a small hill, it turns out I have an INCREDIBLE view out over Fredonia/Dunkirk with the lake taking up almost the whole horizon.

 

 

Plenty of freighter traffic heading to and from the Welland Canal.  In the past couple of years, cruise ships have started visiting the Great Lakes after many years absent.

[Chautauqua Mafia]

1 minute ago, Ridgewaycynic2013 said:

Plenty of freighter traffic heading to and from the Welland Canal.  In the past couple of years, cruise ships have started visiting the Great Lakes after many years absent.

Yes! I saw at least two or three

 

[Ridgewaycynic2013]

3 minutes ago, Chautauqua Mafia said:

Yes! I saw at least two or three

 

Marinetraffic.com is a fine website that allows you to figure out for free which ships you're seeing.  You can buy a subscription that gives additional features, but the free version serves me just fine with basics as to what ship it is, and where it's going.

[ExiledInIllinois]

1 hour ago, Ridgewaycynic2013 said:

Marinetraffic.com is a fine website that allows you to figure out for free which ships you're seeing.  You can buy a subscription that gives additional features, but the free version serves me just fine with basics as to what ship it is, and where it's going.

Unless they are trying to confuse us with SeaWayMax boats that aren't really SeaWayMax...😉

 

FWIW... MarineTraffic is based out of Cyprus🇨🇾  Ok... Just looked it up: Athens, Greece🇬🇷...  I use it on my phone for personal use.  Work's system is in-house🇺🇸.

[ExiledInIllinois]

On 11/29/2025 at 10:02 PM, Chautauqua Mafia said:

I've got one.

 

Outside Fredonia.

I can conclusively say that's untrue.

 

Mid Atlantic corridor sucks 

It really is. If I take a left out of my driveway and go about 500 feet up a small hill, it turns out I have an INCREDIBLE view out over Fredonia/Dunkirk with the lake taking up almost the whole horizon.

 

Thinking of taking pictures of it in all four seasons and getting the photos matted and framed.

There's a nice hike on the old trolley tracks path between Barcelona on Lake and Mayville on L.Chautauqua:

 

Abandoned rail corridors.  We would hike a few in Scouts as preparation for going to Philmont in New Mexico...

 

I suppose they are better preserved and maintained today...

 

https://www.tourchautauqua.com/directory/chautauqua-rails-to-trails

[coloradobillsfan]

I honestly had no idea how nationally big the Chautauqua movement was until I went to a concert at Chautauqua Auditorium in Boulder, Colorado.  It's not only one of the oldest music venues in the state (1898), but it sits on an entire campus of historic buildings set in a beautiful park atmosphere at the foot of the Boulder Flatirons (red rock formations).  Sprinkled throughout this picturesque (and public) area are interpretive signs that tell the history of the movement and of course it's roots in Western NY.