ASCI Posted December 22, 2005 Share Posted December 22, 2005 I live about 2hrs east of Buffalo in the Finger Lakes Region. There is no place in the states like it. I fact if you were to take a picture of the Finger Lakes and the south of France I bet you would have a hard time telling them apart. The Temperature and plant species are very different but their summertime beauty is similar. Fingerlakes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockpile Posted December 22, 2005 Share Posted December 22, 2005 Stay away from older men. 538923[/snapback] ... and little boys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catholic Guilt Posted December 22, 2005 Share Posted December 22, 2005 After moving from Buffalo after graduating, my wife and I have lived in NYC; Greenwich, CT; and now Texas for the last 14 years. And quite frankly, after living elsewhere and going back to visit Buffalo once a year, I have found Buffalo and WNY to be one of the most bigoted and prejudiced places around. No other place that I have been to even comes close (and that includes the Southern U.S.). I hate to burst your bubble, but it's true (unfortunately). 540345[/snapback] Sorry gotta disagree with you on that statement. Ever been to South Carolina? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Draconator Posted December 23, 2005 Share Posted December 23, 2005 Sorry gotta disagree with you on that statement. Ever been to South Carolina? 540442[/snapback] The foothills of the Sierra Mountains is also not a very friendly place to those of color. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buffalobillsfootball Posted December 23, 2005 Share Posted December 23, 2005 After moving from Buffalo after graduating, my wife and I have lived in NYC; Greenwich, CT; and now Texas for the last 14 years. And quite frankly, after living elsewhere and going back to visit Buffalo once a year, I have found Buffalo and WNY to be one of the most bigoted and prejudiced places around. No other place that I have been to even comes close (and that includes the Southern U.S.). I hate to burst your bubble, but it's true (unfortunately). 540345[/snapback] Bubble not burst, nice try though. Buffalo, like EVERY city on this planet deals with race. Buffalo is not unique. For someone who has lived in CT (New England) and now Texas - you, of all people, should know. Greenwhich (the nice part) and all of TEXAS - has some of the most bigoted folks around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PromoTheRobot Posted December 23, 2005 Share Posted December 23, 2005 Think that may have a lot to do with why folks do not move back. Their spouse is from somewhere else, and most of them want no part of WNY 540341[/snapback] My wife HATES Buffalo because she grew up in some antiseptic suburb of Philadelphia and she was freaked out by the "grittyness" of a real city. I guess she never got into Philly much either. PTR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sweet baboo Posted December 23, 2005 Share Posted December 23, 2005 I would rather sit in traffic in LA than live in Rochester. 538750[/snapback] that's one of the most unbelievable statements i've ever heard an hour and a half to go 20 miles is unacceptable Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bdelma Posted December 23, 2005 Share Posted December 23, 2005 that's one of the most unbelievable statements i've ever heardan hour and a half to go 20 miles is unacceptable 540840[/snapback] Not too the joe blows out in LA. I just split from that hole California. You can keep it. Too many beaners Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tcali Posted December 23, 2005 Share Posted December 23, 2005 They left their hearts in Buffalo12/20/2005 By MARY KUNZ GOLDMAN There's no place like home for the holidays. And that's not just a song. For people who have moved away from Buffalo, it's the truth. A few weeks ago, I listed a bunch of statistics about how Buffalo's economy and cultural scene compared with other cities. They were just facts and figures. But a surprising deluge of responses poured in. The column seems especially to have struck a chord with out-of-towners who, instead of just crunching the numbers, grew very emotional. Not all the feeling was positive. "I couldn't stop laughing at the fact that you have a control board. Isn't that like being 35 and living with your parents?" says Mark Thomas Jr., who thanks God his parents moved the family from Buffalo to Seattle when he was 11. "You people live in Buffalo. Get over yourselves. You guys are the "fat ugly women of cities.' " Well, Mark: If Buffalo's so fat and ugly, how come we're still under your skin? Former Buffalo folks are a strange breed. Here our city squats, ignoring our control board, shuttering our libraries and selling out our historic Cobblestone District to a casino, but darn it, these wanderers still miss us. Some even admit it. "I was born and raised in Buffalo, but have been away for most of the last 20 years," writes Bill Wessner. "We are in Savannah, Ga., and there is nothing here. It is extremely hot and humid for eight or nine months out of the year. There are no Bills, Sabres, ice rinks, Anderson's, Ted's, no zoo within 150 miles, no residential sidewalks, etc. "While the property taxes are lower, housing is more expensive. Gas is cheaper, but there are not a whole lot of places to go, so that doesn't matter. After I graduate [from nursing school], we will be moving back." John Klimczyk, a Buffalonian in Atlanta, is also homesick. He tells a great tale about a neighbor in Georgia who stored guns and ammo in a shed and almost burned down the whole block. And that's not his only problem. "Traffic is terrible down here," adds Klimczyk, who uses such Buffalo buzzwords as "anyways," "liquid refreshments" and "the wife." He goes on to gripe: "There are few corner restaurants or bars except in the city. Everything is a commute. We are moving back to the Northeast." Not long ago, the Wall Street Journal acknowledged the phenomenon that is Buffalo love. Reporting on our economic woes, the paper noted: "Buffalonians love Buffalo so much that they're often willing to work cheap just to stay in town." Buffalonians love Buffalo. It's a bittersweet truth, thanks to our taxes, fees and downwardly mobile environment. Messages of regret from the young can break your heart. Take Melissa Zajac, 24, who works in Phoenix and longs for Buffalo. "There is no place like the waterfront at night," she laments. "There is no safer place to have fun than Chippewa. Every bar is next to each other - no worries about driving. Supermarkets are open 24 hours! "Living in Phoenix made me appreciate Buffalo so much more than I could ever have anticipated. Similar to big universities, in Phoenix, you're a number and not a name. No one looks out for each other." It's funny. Here at home, we call our waterfront a mess. We fret over Chippewa. But nearly a continent away, a young woman looks at them and sees heaven. There really is no place like home, and not just for the holidays. Even Mark Thomas Jr., the guy who called our city fat and ugly, as good as admits that. "Merry Christmas! I just had lunch at Ted's Hot Dogs in Tempe," he writes in a follow-up e-mail. "I can't get away from Buffalo." 537906[/snapback] I miss the hookers on Chippewa. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Draconator Posted December 24, 2005 Share Posted December 24, 2005 Too many beaners 541033[/snapback] - Let's see you out in 100 degree plus weather pick the food that you eat, pick the grapes for the wine you drink, etc. - In your infinate wisdom, you would have known that California was a part of Mexico no more than 150 years ago. - Even the Mexicans can defeat the French! (Cinco de Mayo). If it was not for Immigrants from south of the border, Illegal or not, this country would stop! Not only in California, but I bet there is a large community of workers in Western New York right now, doing the jobs most of you wouldn't even think of doing! The argument that they're taking jobs away from those of us who have a right to live here is not valid. Again, let's see you out in 100 degree plus weather pick the food that you eat, etc. If we were to send all illegal immigrants back tomorrow, the U.S. Economy would stop dead in it's tracks! Then we would be invaded by England, and we would fall back under Brittish rule. (Sometimes, that really isn't a bad idea!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bdelma Posted December 25, 2005 Share Posted December 25, 2005 That's BS, Do youl like paying extra costs when you go the hosiptal, do like having you kids attend schools where english is what a second language. That's wht i bailed outta that hole. Made My $400K, thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olivier in france Posted December 26, 2005 Share Posted December 26, 2005 It always happens to me around this time every single year... I miss Buffalo, i miss Winter time in Buffalo... I 've only passed one winter in my life in WNY (and a few summers) but i don't think i will ever pass one greater one than that one till may be i have the chance to spend an other one there... Enjoy what you have buffalonians. I wish i could be in Eden NY right now... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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