Planning to Move to Buffalo Need some input! (Amherst, Cheektowaga: real estate, crime rate)

[mbdelucia]

Originally Posted by Buffalonian4life

I love it here. The city is oustanding IMO, and is starting to grow again. Nightlife abounds in Buffalo, you won't be disappointed! I love this area, and will never leave... Hope you make the right decision!

Awesome, I am excited and can't wait until I can get there.

[ckhthankgod]

Originally Posted by mbdelucia

I will be graduating in the fall with my Associate's in Technology Management. So any field that deals with electronics or computers I would love to work in. I really don't require much to live happily as long as I can find a place to live and be able to afford it then that is all I require. There are only a handful of suburbs near Birmingham that actually seem decent.

I was wondering how the nightlife was in Buffalo? I live near Birmingham and there isn't much to do, places don't stay open very long and after awhile you end up at a Waffle House because it is the only place open. The South just isn't for me I guess.

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[eastsidekid136]

orchard park west seneca are good neighborhoods u shouldfeel safe with ur white picket fence and dog

[iTravelots]

Originally Posted by mbdelucia

I am a native New Yorker, I moved to Pennsylvania when I was 14 and lived there for a few years before moving down to (of all places) the Birmingham, Alabama area. Recently I have been planning to move to the Buffalo area when I graduate from college and save up enough money... I was wanting to hear some input from people who have lived in the city for awhile. Do you love it? Do you hate it? How are some of the surrounding areas like Orchard Park and West Seneca?

Thanks! See you soon hopefully!

Dude...if you are in Birmingham, AL, head "west" to Dallas. Buffalo and all of WNY is still losing population. The exodus continues. The negatives FAR outweigh the positives. Don't do it!

[Dockwalliper]

Check Yahoo for a job. They just broke ground on a new tech center in Lockport.

[Canerican]

Originally Posted by Dockwalliper

Check Yahoo for a job. They just broke ground on a new tech center in Lockport.

Have any idea where?

Lockport REALLY needs jobs. That place is hurting bad.

[mycrows]

Originally Posted by Canerican

Have any idea where?

Lockport REALLY needs jobs. That place is hurting bad.

West of the city in the town of Lockport, Junction Rd.

Here's a story in the Buffalo News - Ground broken for Yahoo! data center : Business : The Buffalo News

[Dockwalliper]

They just broke ground so its at least a year out but Yahoo posts job openings on their web site.

[MPBYO]

To categorize the local municipalities by tiers:

Tier 1 - Williamsville, East Amherst, Clarence (the 3 previously listed form a triangle living inside or near would be ideal), Orchard Park

Tier 2 - Lewiston, Lancaster, Hamburg, Wheatfield, Pendleton

Tier 3 - The rest of Amherst, select areas in Buffalo (beware that Buffalo lacks buffer zones i.e. nice to ghetto in a matter of foot steps), Grand Island, West Seneca, North Tonawanda.

Tier 4 - Practically everything else

Tier 5 - Niagara Falls, Lackawanna, no go zones of Buffalo

[ckhthankgod]

Originally Posted by MPBYO

To categorize the local municipalities by tiers:

Tier 1 - Williamsville, East Amherst, Clarence (the 3 previously listed form a triangle living inside or near would be ideal), Orchard Park

Tier 2 - Lewiston, Lancaster, Hamburg, Wheatfield, Pendleton

Tier 3 - The rest of Amherst, select areas in Buffalo (beware that Buffalo lacks buffer zones i.e. nice to ghetto in a matter of foot steps), Grand Island, West Seneca, North Tonawanda.

Tier 4 - Practically everything else

Tier 5 - Niagara Falls, Lackawanna, no go zones of Buffalo

You mean to tell me all of Lackawanna and Niagara Falls is bad? http://www.city-data.com/city/Lackawanna-New-York.html

http://www.city-data.com/city/Niagar...-New-York.html

Just scroll down to see crime info.