Can't Cut It In Brooklyn? Try Buffalo.
Want a three-bedroom apartment on the park with front and back porches, an office and stained glass windows for $795? Try Buffalo. New York Magazine has the tale of a Brooklyn couple who decided to forsake their $1,300-a-month Sunset Park pad for bigger and better digs on New York State’s western frontier. Several ex-New Yorkers…
Want a three-bedroom apartment on the park with front and back porches, an office and stained glass windows for $795? Try Buffalo. New York Magazine has the tale of a Brooklyn couple who decided to forsake their $1,300-a-month Sunset Park pad for bigger and better digs on New York State’s western frontier. Several ex-New Yorkers wax philosophical about their post-NYC lives, too. I don’t miss my old life in New York,” one says. “I only miss the life in New York I know I never would have had.
Where the Urban Dream Life Is Going Cheap [NY Mag]
Buffalo Neighborhood. Photo by jeffk42.
To: I_haz_TWO_toilets at 11:26AM –
I have no affiliation with that web site. I found it by accident, just like I found Brownstoner by accident. I live in Westchester, but I enjoy reading about other places (to the best of my knowledge, Rochester, Syracuse and Albany do not have equivalent web sites).
How do I summarize my feelings? If I had two kids and were making 250K+, I could live in Brooklyn. If I were making 60K, I would live in Buffalo (or an equivalent city with a low cost of living).
a good thing i’ll say about buffalo, it has wegmans!
What makes up quality of life? It’s not the same for everyone. For some the charms of a place like Buffalo (hard to discern when passing through, easier to appreciate when you get to know the place), outweigh the shortcomings. It you want major metropolitan vibrancy or a truly international city, it’s not the place. But, you can find vibrant neighborhoods, compelling arts, world class architecture, beautiful natural resources, friendly people, room to breathe, easy commutes, and a super reasonable cost of living, among other things. It snows a lot, but unlike here, a few inches (or for that matter a few feet) don’t cause chaos. As for people leaving, very true, like many who grew up there I left for bigger and better things, but you’d be surprised at how many who come for the local schools end up staying. Lot’s of former NYers among them. And btw, don’t kid yourselves, lots’ of born and bred NYer’s leave NYC for a better quality of life elsewhere every year.
Another bonus – Buffalo is 90 miles from Toronto. Toronto ain’t NYC, but it’s more like NYC than most American cities.
These sentences do not make me think Buffalo is rising:
“The loss of traditional jobs in manufacturing, rapid suburbanization and high costs of labor have led to economic decline, making Buffalo one of the poorest amongst U.S. cities with populations of more than 250,000 people.An estimated 30% of Buffalo residents live below the poverty line, second only to Detroit.”
“The loss (of people)in industries is in line with other Rust Belt cities such as Cleveland, Detroit, Pittsburgh, and Youngstown that have had to adjust to changing economic conditions. While some cities such as Pittsburgh have made adjustments with mixed results, Buffalo is more in line with Cleveland and is faced with continual economic problems and declining populations.”
“Buffalo’s median household income of $27,850 is third-lowest among large cities”
“Buffalo faces issues with vacant and abandoned houses, as the city ranks second only to St. Louis on the list of American cities with the most vacant properties per capita”
Somebody mentioned Portland, Maine. That’s Buffalo, with seagulls.
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DOWhat needs a brain “transplant”.
“Having said that, I know TONS of people who have moved away…to Austin, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Seattle, Atlanta, Washington, DC.
I’d say 75% of those returned to NYC. Maybe a little more.”
You only know 4 people you motherfucking mutant!!!
The What
Someday this war is gonna end….
“The “transplants” are what make this city dynamic and a magnet for industry, culture and the arts. If all of these “transplants” stopped coming here, NYC would quickly decline in vibrancy and importance.”
OOOOOHHHHHHH SSHHHHIITTTTTTTT Really?! You mead these transplants? The same Douchebag mother fuckers who jacked up prices around this city??!!! They get drunk and throw up all over the place! These “transplants” huh??!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F53KLyKVVwQ&eurl=http://www.diehipster.com/
Pandamonium Williamsburg Riot Police Brutality
Hoo boy! I wish the police would’ve beaten the fuck out of these Asshats!!!
The What
Someday this war is gonna end..