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50 years ago, people were pouring out of the East Side. Now, people are pouring out of the first ring suburbs. Cheektowaga by the Buffalo city line is rapidly dwindling in population with many vacant homes. Those residents are looking ever-outward to new homes. Plus, the average household size keeps shrinking year after year. 10 houses used to have say 40 people in them, but today those same 10 homes would be lucky to have 25 people. Still, Buffalo has had an unsettling amount of sprawl for population stagnation. This article explores the history of sprawl in Erie County.
Very good article. I also think that the often forgotten about urban renewal around Michigan Street and in other predominately Black urban neighborhoods, essentially helped to create a chain reaction/domino effect of sprawl. This occurred in terms of that community and subsequently for other communities.
I believe 90% or greater of homes built in Lancaster are within the Lancaster SD. Lancaster is one of the few districts in erie county to have a school district that more or less conforms to the boundaries of the town. The only other district to have a real presence in Lancaster is Depew, and that school district is full of homes built in the 50s, 60s, and 70s.
Lancaster as well, and as a resident, I wish they would quit.
Back when my parents where kids, Clarence was a farming town. Now it is getting rather populated with new developments, taking over farmland. My parents say that after Spaulding Lake was developed, it has grown. I am young and rather tired with it. Still love it here, though.
Back when my parents where kids, Clarence was a farming town. Now it is getting rather populated with new developments, taking over farmland. My parents say that after Spaulding Lake was developed, it has grown. I am young and rather tired with it. Still love it here, though.
Where my cousin and his friends used to ride bikes is now the Loch Lea subdivision.
Most of the new builds are patio homes & townhouses, Why would you need new schools
when you have over 40 years of losing population, that's why so many schools have already been closed and lots more school closings are coming as WNY keeps bleeding population and the brain drain continues mainly because the economy is horrendous and the taxes are insane. Yet the local media keeps trying to brainwash the sheep (aka weak minded) with their daily, even hourly propaganda non stop with One Buffalo, Buffalo Love etc...
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