Dunkirk or Fredonia NY

[Minathebrat]

I have to agree. I think I've had the good fortune to live all over the US and have seen some real armpits of civilization, and I have to say that Fredonia and Dunkirk are mostly charming.
When you have to worry about stray bullets flying into your apartment, or gangs that shoot random people on the streets as an initiation, or hear the popping of what sounds like firecrakers in the near distance -but with that distinct and chilling difference, or being jumped for being in the wrong place at the wrong time...then I would say that your town qualifies as ghetto terrible.
I think that if people started looking around at all of the good and noticing all the real opportunity that exists in NY that amazing things could happen. People have chanted the mantra "this place is a dump" for so long that they actually believe it. I wish they could go see the real dumps, and then be grateful they don't live there.

[NeCo ToNkA 1984]

Amen

[aacopd]

How about the Mina/Sherman area? The area seems beautiful to me and we are looking to build in the area, first as a vacation getaway home and maybe later as a full time residence. The people I have met from there seem unbelieveably neighborly and indicate they don't even lock their doors, the crime rate is so low. Also, a nice ski resort near by helps with teh draw for us.

[worldlymrb]

Originally Posted by ironmom

Hello,
We live in Seattle and my husband has been online researching info on Dunkirk and Fredonia NY. Any good or bad things to say about these towns?
Looking for small town feeling but not "dead" after hours. Need a good gym also.

Poster who said Westfield is spot on.. And with the thruway, you would be there in 15 minutes

[NotSoBad]

I feel I must add to the thread that Dunkirk and Fredonia can be perfectly pleasant. It really depends on what street you live on and who your neighbors are! We relocated to Dunkirk from a city with 1.5 million people for my husband's job at the university and thought I would hate the small town life. It doesn't have all the conveniences of big cities, but also has less of the traffic and crime, and the homes are so much more affordable. Many faculty members from the college (SUNY Fredonia) live in Dunkirk, not just Fredonia. We really like it here (except for all the snow.)

[mrmom]

wow i cant believe all the negative remarks that are being said about the "hispanic" people living in dunkirk. it truly does not surprise me at all though. im a puerto rican man living here in dunkirk ny. and it pains me to see that most of the negative remarks about dunkirk falls to blame on the latin folks here sorry but some latin American folks do not like being called hispanics and im one of them! I moved here from New jersey when i was 10 im 31 now with a wife and 3 kids a mortgage and every other bills that come from being a family man. Yes dunkirk has alot of LATIN Americans here. Thats because Dunkirk in its hay days was a booming little city alot of jobs when theres alot of jobs folks with less than tend to migrate in search for a better.If some of you would go for a walk or instead of locking yourself in a car as a black person or a latin person walked by How about this roll down the window step outside say hi converse. be part of the community not a hermit. The people with the negative remarks about dunkirk shame on you! You are the kinda of people who just up and leave when things dont go to your liking instead of doing something about it!! Im here to stay id rather live here than any other place period! You know whats funny is that in our local government ive yet to see a black mayor or a latin mayor all run by whites so whose to blame? If your bored in dunkirk you have no one to blame for yourself Dunkirk has so much to offer but your too lazy to enjoy them. basket ball courts all over baseball fields by the dozen hiking biking boating fishing walking museums also light house museum and the lake front never looked so good and family functions for all to enjoy. Ive never been to a city that will close one of there main streets like central ave to have a free movie night for all too see and enjoy i wish you were to see that it was truly awesome lawn chairs right down the middle of the street while kids ran around without no worries @ 9 pm and the diversity just made it that much better! say what you want about dunkirk and its people but when disaster strikes like the major flooding in silvercreek ny our nieghbor to the east of us about 8 miles away we were there and here collecting helping cleaning supporting and just a plain shoulder we take care of each other we dont need the naysayers. We need more people with a can do attitude not quitters who leave and dont care about there community because if you didnt care about this one you would not care for any other community either!! Ill stay here and go boating and raise my family and give back to my little city That takes very good care of me!!! love peace and hair grease!!!

[eok]

I forgot to log in before posting this message. Now it seems to have disappeared. So, instead of rewriting the whole message, I just want to ask if anyone who lives in that area can look at their most recent electric bill and post some details from it, so we can compare electric rates in different areas. The most important details are how much electricity was used and how much money was billed, so we can figure the cost per amount. If it shows before-and-after meter readings, those can be used to figure the amount of electricity used, so you could just post those and the amount of money billed.

[14063www]

Originally Posted by chautauquapeopleunited

Also, in Dunkirk, there are gangs. Second Street seems to be the center of all the trouble. Drugs are a definite problem in Dunkirk and there are several 'illegal groups'. My father used to tell me stories about his childhood in Fredonia. He said that one time he was in dunkirk, (NOT TO BE RACIST) There was a big crowd of Pueto Rican people and on the other side a large crowd of African Americans and my father said they had bats pipes and other 'weapons' and they came and attacked each other with them. My father and my grandfather had to escape out the door in the kitchen because they couldnt get out the front door. NRG really needs to clean up and we need to all work together to clean the lake.

Dude there is nothing wrong with the Puerto Ricans and African Americans in Dunkirk, they are peaceful and are as much citizens as you! Shut ur trap bout dunkirk, ik we all grew up thinking about how much we hated Dunkirk cause of school rivalry, but give it up!