Amherst

[Genghis]

Amherst is in the Buffalo area so they get a good amount of snow. Not as much as the southern suburbs but still they average 80-90 inches a year. Getting snowed in is really rare, maybe every few years you get a big snowstorm where it's hard to get around for a day or two. Mostly the snow comes a little bit each day. It's cleared off the roads quite fast. The only driving problems you might get is at night, if there was some snow in the evening sometimes they don't remove it until the following morning. Daytime travel is never a problem.

[omar1]

i really appericate all ur help. i been hearing of all this crime in buffelo how far is amherst from buffelo? im looking for somewhere really safe to live with my family. i am also hispanic is there any hate crime overthere?

[xamsx]

I suppose you could have a hate crime anywhere - but Amherst is extremely diverse and I've never heard of a hate crime in this area. Will you have a problem being Hispanic and living in Amherst? Nope. Will you have a problem being Hispanic and living in Buffalo? Nope.

Depending on where you live in Amherst you can cross the street walking into Buffalo, or you could drive 30 minutes. Amherst is geographically very large. If you live further out in Amherst and work in downtown Buffalo, you can take the 990 to the 290 to the 190. I will take approximately 30 minutes. If you live in Amherst near UB, you would hop on the 290 at Main Street to downtown. Depending on Main street traffic (which can be bad) it will take you 30 minutes.

As far as crime in the city - basically, if you don't move into the east side you'll be fine. Riverside and parts of the west side are a bit dicey too. Like any city (town, village, rural area) there is crime. Much of it is concentrated in certain areas.

[Bookyboo]

any and all feedback PRO or CON will be greatly appriciated.
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[JiminCT]

I havent been up there in a while..but Amherst has some of the most beautiful tudor houses. Looks like some of the nicer aspects of the old Long Island burbs in places.

God I miss Duffs..only went 2wice..they were GOOD!

[popowich]

Amherst is not a city, it's a town, but it's a nice place to live.

-Raymond

[BuffaloTransplant]

As to the mix of types of people in Amherst:

-For the record:: The town is large ( size and population). Towns over 75,000 can get that "safest city" designation. Smaller towns aren't included.
-Near the city ( close to the line ) the older areas are getting city people moving in. Go farther out and even the younger families are from the city. Some areas are extraordinarily safe, but I sure wouldn't call the Eggert/Kensington Rd line one of them (it is on the city line).
-Ethnically, Amherst is incredibly diverse. Due to having the University of Buffalo North Campus in the town, there are many students there from all over. There are many professors from all over as well. Many people come and stay. I think you find more Asian ethnic groups here than anywhere else in the area.
-Housing costs are from reasonable to very, very high. Lots of apartments in the town.
-Multiple school districts: Amherst Central & Sweethome are the two large one. If you want to add Williamsville ( a village in the town), you add a third.

[Urban Peasant]

Originally Posted by BuffaloTransplant

Some areas are extraordinarily safe, but I sure wouldn't call the Eggert/Kensington Rd line one of them (it is on the city line).

Interesting. Someone in another message board showed pictures and gave a wonderful description of the Buffalo side of that Eggert/Kensington line, a neighborhood he called Treehaven (after one of the streets there). The place looks so picturesque and pleasant, I shudder to think it is dangerous.

[BuffaloTransplant]

Originally Posted by Urban Peasant

Interesting. Someone in another message board showed pictures and gave a wonderful description of the Buffalo side of that Eggert/Kensington line, a neighborhood he called Treehaven (after one of the streets there). The place looks so picturesque and pleasant, I shudder to think it is dangerous.

Treehaven is a street, running east/west. It starts east of Eggert -- basically an eastern extension of Highgate Ave (City of Buffalo). While it is gorgeous, it was built as a high end suburb 50 years ago+. The people who originally lived there have moved on out to bigger and better homes or retired. Lots of Buffalo is gorgeous, just not really safe or on the border of not being safe

Pull up a map and look at that part of Buffalo: try Eggert Rd and Highgate. Eggert is the end of the city. Between there and Bailey( west of there) from LeBrun south, the city is a mixed and sometimes very tough area. South of Kensington, it is worse and by the time you hit Delevan, it is turning ghetto. If you follow Eggert north to Main, you are sometimes in an incredibly rich area like between the golf course ( it is a city course, Grover Cleveland) and the Expressway .............. the thing about this area is the neighborhood can change withing a few blocks from trash to treasure.

You want the treasure area, not the trash. It takes knowledge of the area.