Buffalo in top five of best relocating cities (New York, Rochester: crime rates, cheap house)

[FedupWNY]

I saw this little bit in info on one of our local new channel's website:

Relocating to Buffalo | WKBW - TV Buffalo, New York | Local News (broken link)

A new study shows that Buffalo, Rochester and Syracuse rank in the top five best mid-sized cities for relocating families. Primary Relocation of Memphis is out with its fourth annual spring survey. Syracuse ranks second, Rochester third and Buffalo fifth for mid-size cities. None of them were on the list last year. The rankings are based on factors like cost of living, crime rates and education.

[bmd51]

Cheap houses, but the taxes and utilities will kill ya.

[CAugust]

depending on where you live, your taxes might be worth it - i live in a city that has high taxes but excellent public schools - top ranking all the time, if I had to pay lower taxes and put all my kids in private school, it would be a lot more expensive

[FedupWNY]

Thanks to shibainu who posted the complete list in the Rochester forum:
http://www.primacy.com/resources/BestCitiesFamily2008.pdf (broken link)

[giffman]

I moved to NC and I can still smell the stink of WNY from here.

[bmd51]

Its called south Buffalo. AKA in charlotte

[bmd51]

Everybody calls anybody living in the charlotte metro area that. There are a ton of folks from there. I am trying to leave here after my second stay here.

[FedupWNY]

I guess half the reason why Buffalo is the way it is, it's because anything positive coming about here is squashed like a bug.

[bmd51]

I couldn't wait anymore for the turnaround there. The taxes and utilites drove us out. I can say I do miss the place sometimes. Alot of great memories.

[XNYgirl]

Originally Posted by bmd51

Cheap houses, but the taxes and utilities will kill ya.

Especially those winter gas bills - Ouch1!!