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First time on the web site here. I hope that there is someone out there that can help me out with this situation. Not saying that I want to move anytime soon, but does anyone know of a metropolitan city that is halfway between Syracues, NY and Detroit, MI? I want to say Cleveland, OH would be the only one, but I am not sure. My wife and I have a niece and nephew back in Detroit and to say that it gets harder everytime to leave them to head back home to Syracuse would be an understatement. We have nephews here too so we want to see them as well. Any assistance that you can give would be great.
I would say Erie, PA would be the halfway point. Buffalo or Cleveland do not make that much of a difference though. Maybe Jamestown, NY is another one that is halfway too.
Toronto certainly qualifies as a metropolitan city and Hamilton is good size too. Of course if folks are located in the USA they might not necessarily want to move to Canada for the reasons cited.
Pittsburgh is another possibility not yet mentioned. While one would not drive through Pgh to get from Detroit to Syracuse it's closer to both than either is to the other. Topographically Pgh is very different from the lake cities such as Buffalo, Cleveland, or Erie; some people like it, others don't.
Pgh does get the tail end of lake effect snowfall, but not the huge dumps most people think of as "lake effect". Arguably, its urban renaissance has proceeded further than the lake cities, too.
A downside to Pittsburgh is that the driving path to Syracuse isn't obvious. It will depend somewhat on which area around Pgh you wind up in, and your preferences for the flat I-79/I-90 mostly toll route or the mountainous/hilly US 22/I-99/smaller roads from Corning to Syr route. I was told by someone who just quit commuting from Greensburg area to Brockway that PA 28 has 35 miles without a passing zone north of Kittanning but it might be a way to try once for variety.
Pittsburgh is definitely a stretch. On a good day Pittsburgh is 6 hours from Syracuse (and the 28/99 route is at least 7 hours & likely 8 if you get stuck behind slow traffic which is very likely). You can drive from Syracuse to Detroit in 6.5 via Southern Ontario. The OP would be better off staying in Syracuse to be close to the family there & driving the 6.5 to Detroit instead of moving to Pittsburgh & becoming 6+ hours away from Syracuse & 4.5 from Detroit.
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