What other city/town is like Buffalo? (Catskill, Boston: 2009, theatre)

[ckhthankgod]

Originally Posted by jblake78728

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

True and I think that is something that people forget. So, it has to be an exceptional city for that region.

[ckhthankgod]

Originally Posted by Canerican

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

Here's some: https://mandtbank.recruitmax.com/ENG...zFormat=search

https://ushsbc71.recruitmax.com/MAIN...hType=Advanced

https://prod.fadvhms.com/FNFG/JobBoa...F1912C71EFA408

Quite a few in the above sites are in the Buffalo area.

Buffalo Banking Jobs, Finance Jobs on CareerBuilder.com

[v3ronika]

Originally Posted by jblake78728

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

But that isolation is what produces such great landscape. Being from the east, I found it hard to appreciate the significance of this until I lived in it - these western cities have a connection to nature that we just dont ever get to experience in the east and it gets to one in the soul....

Denver is a major hub however, and you can fly practically anywhere direct. But a big minus is that the airport is a 45 mins away from the city!

[ckhthankgod]

Originally Posted by v3ronika

But that isolation is what produces such great landscape. Being from the east, I found it hard to appreciate the significance of this until I lived in it - these western cities have a connection to nature that we just dont ever get to experience in the east and it gets to one in the soul....

Denver is a major hub however, and you can fly practically anywhere direct. But a big minus is that the airport is a 45 mins away from the city!

I thought that Denver is actually quite a distance away from the mountains. Here's an interesting poll taken on the general US forum: http://www.city-data.com/forum/city-...r-city-us.html

Also, there are many Eastern cities close enough to mountain areas. Heck, I live in one such area.

[coloradots]

I'm sorry but what is Buffalo close to that Denver is isolated from? Rochester? Windchill? haha. And the other post was correct in saying most major cities are a cheap direct flight away. Frontier airlines ($39 flights) and United both have their hubs in DIA. You can actually drive to lots of cool places in under a days drive. Isolated from what? I know some of you are biased because you love Buffalo but please it's not Alaska, it's right in the center of the country making it the perfect locale. Why pretend Buffalo is better than other places and just accept it for what it really is besides if it really is so great the way it is and you convince all these people to move there you'll actually lose the very things you argue is so great about WNY.

[coppersink63]

Originally Posted by coloradots

I'm sorry but what is Buffalo close to that Denver is isolated from? Rochester? Windchill? haha. And the other post was correct in saying most major cities are a cheap direct flight away. Frontier airlines ($39 flights) and United both have their hubs in DIA. You can actually drive to lots of cool places in under a days drive. Isolated from what? I know some of you are biased because you love Buffalo but please it's not Alaska, it's right in the center of the country making it the perfect locale. Why pretend Buffalo is better than other places and just accept it for what it really is besides if it really is so great the way it is and you convince all these people to move there you'll actually lose the very things you argue is so great about WNY.

How about Canada? Or New York?

[coloradots]

I assume you mean NYC. I wouldn't really consider Buffalo close to NYC. You are correct, we here in Denver are isolated from Canada. Except that this is one of the number one places Canadians move to. Just ask the Quebec Nordiques. I guess if Denver/Boulder was like Buffalo we would feel isolated but this area offers everything within an hour's drive. We even have a Bass Pro. haha. Seriously Wyoming, New Mexico, Utah, Kansas are all within a couple hours drive. I guess it depends on what you want to be near. Denver downtown is closer to the size of Toronto so you get all the city delights with some of the most beautiful natural sites in the country a short drive away.

[coloradots]

I forgot to also ask? Why is being in the mountain time zone awful? We never have to stay up late to see the end of Monday Night Football!

[garmin239]

Originally Posted by coloradots

I'm sorry but what is Buffalo close to that Denver is isolated from? Rochester? Windchill? .

In Buffalo you are pretty close to Rochester, Toronto, Cleveland, Pittsburgh, Philly, NYC

[jblake78728]

Originally Posted by coloradots

I forgot to also ask? Why is being in the mountain time zone awful? We never have to stay up late to see the end of Monday Night Football!

Its the forgotten time zone. I never cared for the 7pm start to prime time (something I dealt with in both Colorado & Texas) & I also use to hate how week night east coast sporting events (other than MNF) usually started at 5 or 5:30 mountain time ....... I usually worked until 5 & with traffic I was lucky to be home by 6. By the time you get cleaned up, spend some time with the family & have dinner the games would typically be over. 10 am start for many east coast college football games was also awful. I guess if you like to go to bed early & are not a big sports fan (at least of teams outside of the Mountain or Pacific time zones) than the Mountain time zone may be more to your liking.

I assume you mean NYC. I wouldn't really consider Buffalo close to NYC. You are correct, we here in Denver are isolated from Canada. Except that this is one of the number one places Canadians move to. Just ask the Quebec Nordiques. I guess if Denver/Boulder was like Buffalo we would feel isolated but this area offers everything within an hour's drive. We even have a Bass Pro. haha. Seriously Wyoming, New Mexico, Utah, Kansas are all within a couple hours drive. I guess it depends on what you want to be near. Denver downtown is closer to the size of Toronto so you get all the city delights with some of the most beautiful natural sites in the country a short drive away.

Toronto's downtown is closer to NYC than it is Denver's. Don't get me wrong, I like Denver's downtown & LoDo areas but its nothing like Toronto.


I can't speak for anyone else but when I say Denver is isolated I mean isolated from other cities, beaches & culture. I can be in Ocean City,MD in just a bit longer than it would take you to drive to Kansas City (and other beaches are much closer). You easily can drive from Buffalo to Toronto, NYC, Boston, DC, Philly & Montreal. These are all world class cities IMO, something that Denver, for all its good, is not. Denver's closest other big cities are KC & SLC, both are a 7+ hour drive away & other than the Great Salt Lake, neither offers anything that can't be found in Denver. Thats great that you can drive to Wyoming, Kansas, New Mexico & Nebraska but none of those drives are much different than sights you can see in different areas of Colorado. I will say that from Grand Junction, CO to St George,Utah is one of the most beautiful drives you can take in the US but the start of that journey is 4 hours from Denver.

To me it was a very isolated state & it seemed to take forever to get anywhere.