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we need manufacturing, unless that happens any recovery is nothing more then nonsense spun by liberal idiots like cumo. 30 years ago, probably longer ago at this point the steel industry drove this area to be a world class city. nothing has replaced those jobs. Its not really coming back until something like that happens. in the city of Batavia not far from buffalo, two new dairy plants were built around 5 years ago. quaker/muler and alpina. the quaker plant completely failed and now sits vacant. the alpina plant has been hanging on by an absolute thread. the last I knew, what few jobs they did offer were minimum wage. another great example of failure in the area, the solar city they were bragging up a few years ago. it was or is being built on the former Bethlehem steel park. we hardly hear anything about it, the last I knew employment is going to fall way short of the numbers that were forecasted.
these "failures" are just prime examples how things really don't work as well around here as they like you to think. nothing but corperate welfare on failed plants. here is a novel concept, get rid of welfare waste, lower taxes and if a company thinks its going to be a good investment they will invest and the jobs will pay more. I would suggest that no one move here, WHY WHY would you want to move to buffalo. better get your head examined.
I used to take flight lessons a few years back. we flew over Niagara falls region over by the Niagara falls airbase. miles and miles of vacant buildings (factories) and large parking lots either empty or only a few cars in the lots. this was around 2013 or so, I bet nothing is changed.
they keep putting lipstick on a pig, but its still a pig.
The Buffalo Niagara region added 3,600 jobs in May compared to a year ago, an increase of 0.6 percent, the state Labor Department said Thursday.
The region's job-growth rate lagged the statewide increase of 1.6 percent, and the national increase of 1.5 percent.
The Buffalo Niagara region's manufacturing job count increased by 0.4 percent, while construction jobs declined by 4 percent. Accommodations and food service jobs were up 3.3 percent, and government jobs increased 1.8 percent.
The region's private-sector job count increased 0.4 percent in May from a year ago.
The region's overall jobs total of 566,900 was the best for May going back to 1990, the start of current records for the Labor Department. It was also the best total for any month since last December.
This is all fine and well, but why is the census still saying metro Buffalo is losing people? Are these employment numbers wrong, or is the Census wrong?
This is all fine and well, but why is the census still saying metro Buffalo is losing people? Are these employment numbers wrong, or is the Census wrong?
Maybe it is another case of the census estimates overestimating the population losses like they did before the 2010 census.
Maybe it is another case of the census estimates overestimating the population losses like they did before the 2010 census.
Thats what I'm thinking. I remember an estimate specifically had Buffalo's MSA at 1,124,000 in 2008. Its actual value was 1,136,000. I just cant believe they would underestimate like that again.
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