Anybody from Cobleskill? (Albany, Utica, Cortland: house, to buy, construction) - City-Data Forum

Bellesmama · 07-30-2012, 08:07 AM

We've been to Cobleskill many, many times, and live in the Hudson Valley area.
We'd like to buy a house there, and want to know what it's like to live there. We already live a semi-country lifestyle, but where we are now, we are crowded out by shopping centers, car dealers, fast food, and a very busy highway.

We are retired, so we won't be job-hunting. We're used to snow, woodstoves, etc. We live a quiet lifestyle. The agricultural parts of town will suit us just fine. We like cows.

Also, does the college offer any entertainment open to the public? And, just out of curiosity, where do the college kids hang out? I haven't seen much in the way of bars there.

Do the public schools offer any adult ed classes?

What veterinary clinics are there? We have dogs.

How stable is the hospital as far as cut-backs/closing, etc.? Being older, we do want medical facilities nearby. We are also very familiar with Albany.

Thanks for any information.

ja1myn · 07-31-2012, 07:35 AM

My mother went to college in at the university there and liked it I think. She's from Cortland, so it wasn't that big of a change. My friends that I graduated high school with a year ago still attend the university because of it's good agriculture programs and because the area is full of wooded areas for them to get hammered without fear of cops showing up. That's about all there is for college students to do around that area.

honeychrome · 08-06-2012, 03:06 PM

I would advise avoiding the entire area, at least for the next several years. If/when widespread high-volume horizontal fracture gas drilling comes region (which seems very likely, though there is significant opposition) the character of much of NY state will radically change. In addition, there is the proposed 'Constitution' pipeline, the current planned route of which runs through Cobleskill. Cabot-Williams is poised to be granted powers of eminent domain for the 'right-of-way' for this 30", high-pressure pipeline which will run from NE PA to the Albany area. There is a lot of money to be made turning the state into an industrial zone, contaminating the water and air, threatening the health of the people and leaving a toxic legacy for the future to deal with..

rubygreta · 08-06-2012, 05:39 PM

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Originally Posted by honeychrome

I would advise avoiding the entire area, at least for the next several years. If/when widespread high-volume horizontal fracture gas drilling comes region (which seems very likely, though there is significant opposition) the character of much of NY state will radically change. In addition, there is the proposed 'Constitution' pipeline, the current planned route of which runs through Cobleskill. Cabot-Williams is poised to be granted powers of eminent domain for the 'right-of-way' for this 30", high-pressure pipeline which will run from NE PA to the Albany area. There is a lot of money to be made turning the state into an industrial zone, contaminating the water and air, threatening the health of the people and leaving a toxic legacy for the future to deal with..

That is absurd. There are underground gas lines running all over the United States. How does an underground gas line, once the construction is finished, have any adverse impact on a community.

ckhthankgod · 08-06-2012, 07:48 PM

If the potential gas drilling scares the OP, places like Potsdam, Canton, Hamilton, Brockport, Morrisville and Herkimer, among others, may work. All have colleges and they may find adult education courses through BOCES or even thee colleges themselves.

roskybosky · 08-07-2012, 07:41 AM

If it's any help, I've lived around gas drilling (in a beautiful suburb, good schools) for 15 years. It never changed or polluted anything. Live where you want to live; gas drilling is no worse than a temporary cell tower. The scare tactics in NY are ludicrous.

honeychrome · 08-09-2012, 02:20 PM

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Originally Posted by rubygreta

That is absurd. There are underground gas lines running all over the United States. How does an underground gas line, once the construction is finished, have any adverse impact on a community.

HVHF gas drilling will begin first closest to large transmission lines. This proposed gas line will be mostly 'class 1,' which means it only needs to meet minimum safety standards and inspection timetables (the area is largely rural, so there is considered to be less 'risk' to human life). Whether one believes the industry PR about the 'safety' of either HVHF or the infrastructure and the windfall of economic benefits widespread gass-drilling industrialization of the area will bring, or not, it is inarguable that if/when this happens it will significantly change the region. The original poster stated that they enjoyed a quiet lifestyle and were being crowded out by, among other things, a busy highway. For at least the next several years, as gas drilling operations ramp up and become widespread, quiet will not be the order of the day. Living next to a well, and living next to a well-drilling operation are two very different things. The industry's own figures about the number of truck trips the construction and fracking of each well will require are staggering- in the thousands. That is per well, and there are plans for thousands of wells. Cobleskill is just outside what is considered the 'economic' portion of the Marcellus shale, though it is in the deeper Utica shale, which will be targeted as the Marcellus depletes (if/when it is exploited). And even if drilling doesn't happen in Cobleskill, if it happens in the Marcellus region of NY, it will effected by an increase in industrial traffic. I don't think this is what the original poster is looking for.

And Roskybosky, have you been through NE PA lately?

roskybosky · 08-13-2012, 11:33 AM

No-but I am curious about drilling up there. They must do it differently than here in TX. You just can't find a well down here, and I (supposedly) have 200 around me somewhere. I think they are in areas that are already industrial, or buried in trees. Texas is much more commercial-looking than NY, so it's possible they just don't stand out. I live in a leafy suburb; they probably wouldn't put too many here, but I have neighbors who received 'surprise' checks a few years ago, b/c they were in a 'pool.' It's not a big deal here, so I follow the NY antics just to see how it goes. And I throw an opinion in here and there.