House Hunters wants to come to Syracuse market (New York, Rochester: real estate, 2009)

[bellafinzi]

House Hunters wants to come to town
Posted by Pam Lundborg
The Post-Standard
June 12, 2009 11:17AM

The HGTV show, "House Hunters," which follows buyers along their search for a new home, is itching to come Upstate, said Jonathan Snyder, a rep from the show.

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You know which HGTV show really needs to come to the Syracuse market?
Curb Appeal

I could list about.....hmm......50,000 homes!!!.....in Onondaga County that would be perfect for the show Curb Appeal. LOL

[ckhthankgod]

I thought Home Makeover wanted to come to Ithaca too?

[proulxfamily]

Very cool! We would have been eligible for this a year ago... rats! lol

I'm a bit of an HGTV addict and Syracuse (more specifically, the Village of Fayetteville) was on its "What You Get For the Money" for $300,000 on Wednesday night. It portrayed Syracuse VERY beautifully and the segment was great... gorgeous older home, lots of character, and idyllic surroundings and local amenities. I just did a search for it but it's not up yet. Maybe Hulu will have it- if so, I'll post the link.

[proulxfamily]

Originally Posted by ckhthankgod

I thought Home Makeover wanted to come to Ithaca too?

This is House Hunters, not Extreme Home Makeover. I think that aired last year sometime (maybe veerrrrry early this year) and featured a man/father/ex-boxer who started a local boxing club for disadvantaged youth and his property's home and outbuildings (including the ring) were pretty near derelict.

[ckhthankgod]

Originally Posted by proulxfamily

This is House Hunters, not Extreme Home Makeover. I think that aired last year sometime (maybe veerrrrry early this year) and featured a man/father/ex-boxer who started a local boxing club for disadvantaged youth and his property's home and outbuildings (including the ring) were pretty near derelict.

I know about the episode that took place in geneva, but I thought I saw on a ticker on Channel 9 that they were looking at the Ithaca area for another episode. “Extreme Makeover� looking for Ithaca-area family - NewsChannel 9 WSYR

[proulxfamily]

The crew must miss the wineries!

(I would too. lol)

[ckhthankgod]

Originally Posted by proulxfamily

The crew must miss the wineries!

(I would too. lol)

I was wondering what it was as well.....

[proulxfamily]

Originally Posted by ckhthankgod

I was wondering what it was as well.....

The only thing I can think of is how the area was originally portrayed... it seemed to be a run down, impoverished kind of area. We know that the Finger Lakes region is not, in general, like this at all. (Belhurst Castle, anyone?) Perhaps, to curb a lawsuit, they want to come back for a chance to actually represent the area?

I certainly hope so. Really, EHM did a pretty poor job of "reality."

[ckhthankgod]

Originally Posted by proulxfamily

The only thing I can think of is how the area was originally portrayed... it seemed to be a run down, impoverished kind of area. We know that the Finger Lakes region is not, in general, like this at all. (Belhurst Castle, anyone?) Perhaps, to curb a lawsuit, they want to come back for a chance to actually represent the area?

I certainly hope so. Really, EHM did a pretty poor job of "reality."

Yeah, while Geneva has some poorer areas, it isn't as bad as people make it out to be.

[bellafinzi]

Speaking of Extreme Home Makeover....

I know Geneva is within the viewing market for Syracuse local news, but for Channel 9 to call Geneva local and "Central New York" over and over again is a stretch IMO....don't you think?

-Geneva is two counties outside of Syracuse's CSA.
-Geneva is within the boundaries of Rochester's MSA. Rochester is called Western NY. I'd think that most people in Geneva think of themselves as either the Finger Lakes or Western NY, NOT Central NY.



While we are on this topic....

Ithaca

Even though many consider Ithaca Central NY, it isn't technically local IMO. Local means the Syracuse market to me. Syracuse's market is Onondaga, Madison, Oswego and Cayuga counties. It is hard to imagine anyone saying that any place outside those counties is "Syracuse".

Sorry, but I just don't get excited when Syracuse's MDA gives out grants to Ithaca's start up companies thinking that it's going to help the Syracuse area. Helping Ithaca or any place outside of Syracuse's CSA is just competition for us to deal with, which is not good for the Syracuse area IMO. Ithaca is not local, it has it's own Metropolitan area for heaven's sake and a CSA which includes Cortland County

I have yet to see Rochester's business community get excited about a company moving to Dansville, NY which is closer to Rochester than Syracuse is to Ithaca!

OK, I'm done. Just a little pet peeve I have with the local news.