And I want to see proven documentation from CNN or another reputable source that says Buffalo is the most economically depressed city in the greatest country on the planet. I don’t think they are struggling that badly, and even if they are, a city a million + has more than 72,000 that are feeling totally fine and comfortable.

From my friend.

What are the sources and actual numbers detailing the hard times in Buffalo?

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u made my day

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HOCKEY IS BACK!

What? Is this in reference to something?

I didn't say it, my friend did.

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the thing is. Buffalo was never really booming in recent times to begin with so when the economy starting to fall, it kind of fell closer to Buffalos already depressed level.

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whatever, people just enjoy hating on Buffalo.

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Right I get it, I'm just looking for actual reports and statistics to back it up. It doesn't take a genius to look at the Buffalo area and see that things aren't great.

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Wikipedia to the rescue!!!!

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Hockey Night in Buffalo

Well, WNY isn't exactly Disneyland, but it's not the "worst" of anything.

Top unhappiest cities
http://images.businessweek.com/ss/09/02 ... /index.htm <--someone put Stuuuuu on suicide watch
^^Buffalo doesn't make the list

Most miserable cities http://www.forbes.com/2008/01/29/detroi ... rable.html
^^ again Buffalo doesn't make the list

Worst cities for jobs http://www.forbes.com/2009/04/27/worst- ... ities.html
^^once again...no Buffalo.

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Hold my beer and watch this...

I had thought that Buffalo finished second worst to Detroit in terms of economic conditions, and population loss.

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Not economically as far as jobs and unemployment anyway.

As far as population loss, I dunno, a ton of people are fleeing Cali right now...more than NY

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Hold my beer and watch this...

Actually, look up the census reports from 1970-72 up to 2000-02. It is by far the worst exodus in modern day America as far as population shift. Also, all of those posting sources on employment, housing....etc...etc.....be advised, your sources numbers are not a direct accurate association of population numbers in the region at large.
Buffalo, NY is at the bottom of the pile when it comes to communities for a wide varity of reasons, first of which is TAXES!!!!!
The 6 county area of WNY is among the top in the nation for taxes. Sales tax, property tax, school tax, etc...etc.....also, our income is among the lowest of the population centers, especially given the STATE INCOME TAX that is forced upon the area due to NYC and its needs.
For example:
A single family home of 2000 sq. ft. in N. Tonawanda NY, (Niagara County) is taxed annually for an estimated 2117.00. The same home in Nashville, TN is taxed at 623.00 annually. And I can tell you the list goes on and on.

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Mr. Pegula, your destiny awaits you sir.

As the quintessential Buffalo fatalist, I am by definition completely resigned to the fact that, in the end, the Buffalo fan will only know terrible pain, heartache, misery and bitter defeat, but still... how can a place with the most bars, best pizza, best wings, "Mighty", Logenberry, the cheapest beer, Ted's, Anderson's, and the most rabid sports fans in the world ever be the worst place to live?

We are joined together in our unalterable, immutable, eternal sports suffering...and, yet, though we understand the doomed endings that await us with every coming season, we still hold out this tiny spark of longing, the determined audacity to dream the impossible victory will somehow be delivered, that a miraculous savior will bring us the forbidden championship and free us from the dark cloud of despair and humiliation under which we endlessly toil.

We are Buffalo fan, and though we may be ruthlessly tortured and haunted by the ghosts of gut wrenching past, present and future, our shared fantasy remains intact, and bonds us closer as a community than any other I have ever lived in or known.

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The tax rate in North Tonawanda is much higher than that.

Besides, that 2000 sq ft house in NT will cost you $110,000. The same house in Nashville would be more than double that.

Impossible that we are worse off than Detroit. They've been losing 30,000-40,000 people a year for several years now, and I am not exaggerating. That's also just from the city itself, not including surrounding areas.

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funny you mention that. the suburbs of detroit are growing, and have been for 50 years. the suburbs are booming. while inside the city limits of detroit is very bleak, its the exact opposite in the suburbs. oakland county, the county boardering wayne county(where detroit is) is the 4th wealthiest county in america.

and detroit loses less 5,000 people a year, not 40,000. i have no idea where you came up with those figures (detroits populations numbers actually jumped from 07 to 08, in an estimate) detroits a dying city, but its seen much worse days in terms of crime and such.

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House are cheap in WNY, but having the tax you couldn't afford to spend 200,000 on a house there. The taxes would be unreasonable to spend.

My house in Bradford would have Property tax way more than double what we are paying now.

Our house was around 170K, and we are paying less property tax on this house than our house which cost 20K in Bradford and was almost half the size.

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I got those numbers from Forbes, I believe. If it wasn't Forbes, it was something formatted like their stories... But I think it was Forbes. It was a while ago, but I didn't forget it because it was such a ridiculous number.

Buffalo's suburbs are growing, too. It's not from people moving into the area, though; it's just from people moving from the city to the 'burbs.

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‎"Love knows not its own depth until the hour of separation."
-Khalil Gibran

well, where ever you got that info, its wrong. they havnt lost 40,000 this decade total.

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