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Old Posted Mar 29, 2019, 7:52 PM
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Originally Posted by Wigs View Post
Toronto is more important to the typical Buffalonian than NYC. It's seen as cheaper, cleaner, much closer and almost as cosmopolitan and exciting as NYC.
Well, this pretty much confirms my thoughts. Outside the closer part, if Buffaloans believe all this, Buffalo truly is a backwater.

I don't think this is actually debatable. Again, the population and economies of Buffalo, Rochester and Albany are all about the same. Downstate, the biggest local reference is SUNY Buffalo.

Of course there are historical differences, and Buffalo is a legacy cultural heavyweight (its art museum is better than those in much bigger cities like LA, Dallas and Toronto, it has world class parks and cultural venues, far more extensive urban fabric and big city amenities and FL Wright), but you can't really argue population or economy anymore.

All three have around 1 million folks and around the same economic output. Albany's economy has grown faster over the last few decades, closing the gap. Albany has a somewhat better economy, with more tech, govt. and ed. Buffalo is the legacy big city with the bigger bones, and Rochester has the science-corporate legacy, somewhat diminished, but still decent.
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