What other city/town is like Buffalo? (New York, Rochester: college, live)

[schayban88]

Rochester, Syracuse and Albany are all pretty similar but smaller. Each city offers a different types of jobs. Rochester is HUGE in technology, Syracuse is huge in anything that is medical, great to get a job as a nurse...Syracuse has SUNY Upstate medical university which employs over 7000 people and just added 1.2 billion dollars to expand and grow. They are building a biotechnology center, cancer and heart centers also. Upstate medical just finished the new childrens hospital. St. Joeseph's hospital announced they will expand and will spend 204 million. Syracuse is also big on environmental projects and is home to SUNY ESF (environment and forestry). Welch Allyn headquarters is in the suburbs of Syracuse which makes a large majority of medical equipment. The Syracuse center of excellence just got completed in downtown which helps create and test green products. Albany is also huge in technology similar to Rochester, a huge Nano technology center is almost finished in Troy just north of Albany which creates and builds a lot of microchips.

[v3ronika]

Originally Posted by jblake78728

I lived in Colorado Springs for a few years after I got out of college & absolutely loved it at first. After a while though I started finding the landscape to be very dull & brown, the lack of trees & natural water resources also disappointed me (not saying you would find this as a problem but I have a personal preference for lusher/greener areas). Colorado Springs was so spread out that it seemed to take forever to get anywhere within the city (Denver is much more compact though its suburbs seem to spread out forever). I did find Denver to be a fun city with plenty of arts/entertainment options, not so much in Colorado Springs. Housing costs were absolutely insane & one of the main reasons I moved.

Havent gotten to visit CO Springs yet but you bring up another thing that I liked about Denver and which was a B'lo-ish thang: Affordable housing *in* the city. Nothing like the rents in Buffalo of course (the 2nd poorest city in America!) but one is completely able to live in the midst of it all. I make crap $ working for the Feds but I could afford to live right on City Park and walk everywhere Id want to go if I stuck to a modest 1 bdrm in Denver. That was great about B'lo - living nicely in the Elmwood Village was easy.

[coloradots]

Hey! I live just outside of Denver. We moved here from Buffalo and let me tell you it is absolutely wonderful. Downtown Denver is the way a city should be. Lots of unique neighborhoods, shops, museums. All the sports arenas are right downtown. Most people who live downtown or near it walk, bike or ride the light rail. It's urban but without most of the misery that comes with it. The weather here is amazing. It's like living in the South but with winter. Just like the lakes in Buffalo, the mountains kick up some crazy weather but there's over 300 days of sunshine. Today it is about 72 and sunny. There is not one ounce of me that regrets moving.

[Canerican]

I have heard that Denver is one of the best cities in the US, so you probably have it better than most. But still, how can you find a city worse than Buffalo? (Besides going to New Jersey)

[ckhthankgod]

Originally Posted by Canerican

I have heard that Denver is one of the best cities in the US, so you probably have it better than most. But still, how can you find a city worse than Buffalo? (Besides going to New Jersey)

Trust me, they are out there.

[v3ronika]

Originally Posted by Canerican

I have heard that Denver is one of the best cities in the US, so you probably have it better than most. But still, how can you find a city worse than Buffalo? (Besides going to New Jersey)

Albuquerque sucks pretty bad.

[v3ronika]

Originally Posted by coloradots

Hey! I live just outside of Denver. We moved here from Buffalo and let me tell you it is absolutely wonderful. Downtown Denver is the way a city should be. Lots of unique neighborhoods, shops, museums. All the sports arenas are right downtown. Most people who live downtown or near it walk, bike or ride the light rail. It's urban but without most of the misery that comes with it. The weather here is amazing. It's like living in the South but with winter. Just like the lakes in Buffalo, the mountains kick up some crazy weather but there's over 300 days of sunshine. Today it is about 72 and sunny. There is not one ounce of me that regrets moving.

I miss B'lo a lot but unless I become a banker, nurse or waiter (as we all know, a good selection of jobs is missing from the Buffalo economy) I most likely wont be going back. I'm positive Denver would make the perfect alternative, so wish me luck on my Denver job search!

[ckhthankgod]

Originally Posted by v3ronika

I miss B'lo a lot but unless I become a banker, nurse or waiter (as we all know, a good selection of jobs is missing from the Buffalo economy) I most likely wont be going back. I'm positive Denver would make the perfect alternative, so wish me luck on my Denver job search!

You forgot engineer for Buffalo too.

Denver would be a great choice, I would think. I think the only drawback I've heard about Denver is that it is relatively isolated. Meaning, to get to another major city that is similar, you pretty much have to go outside of the time zone. Phoenix and Las Vegas might be the exceptions, but they are quite a ways away from Denver. Thank God for airplanes though.

[jblake78728]

Denver is very isolated ..... being in the Mountain time zone is awful as well.

[Canerican]

Originally Posted by v3ronika

I miss B'lo a lot but unless I become a banker, nurse or waiter (as we all know, a good selection of jobs is missing from the Buffalo economy) I most likely wont be going back. I'm positive Denver would make the perfect alternative, so wish me luck on my Denver job search!

There are very few jobs for bankers (entry level and above). I've kept my eye on the market and it's quite horrible.