Is there any hope for Buffalo? (New York, York: high crime, tax, restaurants)

[Buffalonian4life]

Originally Posted by FedupWNY

just wondering.... what's the other half?

edit: lol.... buffalonian4life, we were replying at the same time.

Haha, I didn't know what to repond to that comment

[Buffalonian4life]

Originally Posted by FedupWNY

I am thankful more to you for putting this question out there. I have family and friends who have moved away, yet still think they should have a voice in what's the best route for Buffalo, though it's been many years since they're having left. I like reminding them that my children are 5th generation Buffalonian. It is my home and I'm not ready to give up on it. (Though I am "fedup", it's just a state of mind). There's much negativity here, and while easy to energize upon a lot, I ask myself "what good will that do?" when a few positive thoughts gives better prespective, right?

Absolutely

[FedupWNY]

Originally Posted by Buffalonian4life

Haha, I didn't know what to repond to that comment

I got your back though, I really wanted to ask....

njmike, aside from "NY style" pizza, what do you have?

but that might be cruel.

[Buffalonian4life]

Originally Posted by FedupWNY

I got your back though, I really wanted to ask....

njmike, aside from "NY style" pizza, what do you have?

but that might be cruel.

Now there's a good question, cruel doesn't mean much to NYC's residents...

[FedupWNY]

Originally Posted by Buffalonian4life

Now there's a good question, cruel doesn't mean much to NYC's residents...

LMAO!

Though, I am sorry to "nj"mike. I'll not dis your state for as much as mine means to me. Of us up here and viewing downstate, NJ is like a suburb of NYS.

To credit, Buffalo's food is nationally telezived, and often, even our wings.

[Buffalonian4life]

Originally Posted by FedupWNY

LMAO!

Though, I am sorry to "nj"mike. I'll not dis your state for as much as mine means to me. Of us up here and viewing downstate, NJ is like a suburb of NYS.

To credit, Buffalo's food is nationally telezived, and often, even our wings.

Haha! Hmm, i'm wondering if njmike is still with us, i'm sorry if we offended u NJ is nice...somewhat.

[Buffalonian4life]

Originally Posted by friedzone

I'll step down from my soap box now...gentlemen...

That does bring up a good question I had for the forum. Since Canada is such a close neighbor to Buffalo, how easy is it for an American citizen to work in Canada? Is that common?

Did you get my post?

[friedzone]

Yes, sir. I know Canadians work in Buffalo. But do WNY Americans work in Canada? For example are there Americans who live in Buffalo and work in Toronto and commute every day? I'm asking as I'm wondering if I might be able to work in Canada? Need a visa?

[Buffalonian4life]

Originally Posted by friedzone

Yes, sir. I know Canadians work in Buffalo. But do WNY Americans work in Canada? For example are there Americans who live in Buffalo and work in Toronto and commute every day? I'm asking as I'm wondering if I might be able to work in Canada? Need a visa?

I see, sorry for misunderstanding your post . I'm have less knowlege of that, however i'm sure it can be logical - but only if you want to deal with border traffic every day

[GoinEast]

Originally Posted by Buffalonian4life

It IS very common. In fact, Statistics say that 12% of workers in the Southeastern ontarion region (outside of Toronto) work in the Buffalo area! That's a HUGE percentage, and I know at least 10 - 12 people that live in Canada and commute to Buffalo.

Well, yeah, but that won't answer the question which is how easy is it for Americans to work on Canadian soil. The answer is not very. Certainly not without some sort of specialized skill that you can't get just anyone to do. Canadian jobs to non-residents require labour opinion reports by the government and the employer has to be willing to "go to bat" for you enough to jump through all sorts of hoops set up by Ottawa to make sure that they can't just hire any ol' Canadian boy or girl to do that job instead.

Sorry for being a downer here, but I read this forum and consider Buffalo from time to time due to it's proximity to Toronto, a city I enjoyed and ultimately would like to live in. You can probably tell from my European spelling of certain words that I'm already trying to acclimate myself without leaving. However, being an urban dweller type who would prefer to ride transit than drive a car, it seems NYC is more for me (I presently live in one of those faceless sprawling sun belt cities mentioned earlier and hate it), but I keep reading and holding out hope things get better.

But yes, Canada is very aware that their system is more balanced all types of people, while America keeps letting the rich get richer with the optimistic belief that eventually the rich will have so much money that they'll generously donate some to the underclass.

So even though we share a lot of culture and a lot of geography, it's not easy ride for an American to put roots down there anymore. Certainly a labourer background won't get you across. They protect the fruits of their social programmes quite strongly, and so they want the highly educated and highly experienced.

While everyone on both sides winces about sovereignty and giving up immigration rights, I almost feel the "North American Union" with Canada or whatever it's called would be good for the region. Buffalo as the San Diego to Toronto's Los Angeles (so to speak) would be more successful than Buffalo trying to be a big city on it's own.