Considering a move..advice wanted

[bellafinzi]

Originally Posted by Lancet71

Long Island or the suburbs of Rochester.

Just wondering which suburbs of Syracuse you have visited to determine that they are nothing like Rochester's suburbs?

I've been to the Rochester suburban towns of Greece, Henrietta, Irondequoit, Pittsford, Perinton, Penfield, and Victor.

-Parts of Greece felt a lot like my suburban town of Clay and neighboring town of Salina (combined pop. 93,000)
-Parts of Penfield reminded me of the Syracuse suburban town of Lysander.
-The Perinton/Fairport area remind me a little of a suburban area near the village of Manlius

I agree that Rochester's suburbs are much larger than Syracuse's suburbs ---500,000 in suburban Rochester vs. 250,000 in suburban Syracuse---but you can still find everything you want in suburban Syracuse that's found in suburban Rochester.

I think the main difference is that since 1970, the Rochester area has sprawled three times more than the Syracuse area. Thus Rochester has three times as many new homes, new office buildings, new stores and new restaurants. The Syracuse suburbs have plenty of new construction, they are just more spread out and much fewer than what you'll see in suburban Rochester. From reading the city data forum I'd come to the conclusion that the less sprawl in a metropolitan area, the better the metropolitan area. Stupid me, I was under the assumption that everyone disliked urban sprawl!

[cheese9988]

Originally Posted by bellafinzi

Just wondering which suburbs of Syracuse you have visited to determine that they are nothing like Rochester's suburbs?

I've been to the Rochester suburban towns of Greece, Henrietta, Irondequoit, Pittsford, Perinton, Penfield, and Victor.

-Parts of Greece felt a lot like my suburban town of Clay and neighboring town of Salina (combined pop. 93,000)
-Parts of Penfield reminded me of the Syracuse suburban town of Lysander.
-The Perinton/Fairport area remind me a little of a suburban area near the village of Manlius

I agree that Rochester's suburbs are much larger than Syracuse's suburbs ---500,000 in suburban Rochester vs. 250,000 in suburban Syracuse---but you can still find everything you want in suburban Syracuse that's found in suburban Rochester.

I think the main difference is that since 1970, the Rochester area has sprawled three times more than the Syracuse area. Thus Rochester has three times as many new homes, new office buildings, new stores and new restaurants. The Syracuse suburbs have plenty of new construction, they are just more spread out and much fewer than what you'll see in suburban Rochester. From reading the city data forum I'd come to the conclusion that the less sprawl in a metropolitan area, the better the metropolitan area. Stupid me, I was under the assumption that everyone disliked urban sprawl!

Most of us on the forum don't like sprawl. Its everyone else who keeps shopping at the big box or chain stores who keep the sprawl going. For the most part, I find everything I need in the city.