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Old 08-12-2013, 05:15 PM
 
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Buffalo is a small poor working class Rust Belt city whose population is in decline according to the census (half the population has left since 1950; 1950 = 15th largest city / 2010 = 70th largest city, but has also shown a large decline from 2000 - 2010).

On October 25, 2008 the United Nations released a report entitled "State of the World's Cities" in which the Buffalo-Niagara Falls area was specifically cited as having one of the worst rates of economic inequality in the world and that it was racially based. The report specifically stated "the report cited figures from western New York state, where 40 per cent of black, Hispanic and ethnically mixed households earned less than $15,000 in 1999, as compared to 15 per cent of white households." In addition, the United States Census department also released information placing the Buffalo-Niagara metro area, as the 8th most segregated area in America

So I guess there was no where to go but up?
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Old 08-12-2013, 05:17 PM
 
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Old 08-12-2013, 05:17 PM
 
Location: Metro Phoenix
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Buffalo has Buffalo Wings, Buffalo Bill, and The Buffalo Bills. All Los Angeles has is a few taco trucks and a beach that's filled with foreigners and muggers. Buffalo is the clear winner here.
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Old 08-12-2013, 05:18 PM
 
Location: The city of champions
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The Clippers didn't even want to stay in Buffalo.
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Old 08-12-2013, 05:21 PM
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Location: Ontario
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Well, I was just in Buffalo a few days ago.
Always enjoy my time the city.
Went shopping at Eastern Hills Mall.

Buffalo's looking pretty good these days,
it has imo some pretty nice malls,
McKinley Mall, Walden Galleria, etc.

And no traffic jams! Clear sailing on all the expressways
Can't say that about LA.
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Old 08-12-2013, 10:13 PM
 
Location: Pasadena, CA
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OJ wasn't running around murdering people when he lived in Buffalo (I think).

Point for Buffalo?
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Old 08-12-2013, 10:50 PM
 
Location: Below 59th St
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You are wrong my friend. Buffalo's change in population growth increased 8 fold. From -1% per year to -0.1% per year means that in 10 years, Buffalo should be growing by 10737418.24% annually. Of course that is a bit optimistic, so I lowered the projection.
Brilliant. Statistical extrapolation at its best. Real Men use exponential fits.
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Old 08-13-2013, 11:15 AM
 
Location: Milwaukee
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My goodness!! LA is WAY more worldly, happening and overall better than Buffalo. Don't even get me started on the weather comparison!
Hilarious, you fall for everything as long as you can mention hot weather, don't you?
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Old 08-13-2013, 11:29 AM
 
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You are wrong my friend. Buffalo's change in population growth increased 8 fold. From -1% per year to -0.1% per year means that in 10 years, Buffalo should be growing by 10737418.24% annually. Of course that is a bit optimistic, so I lowered the projection.
"A bit optimistic"?

That's like a doctor telling a patient who has cancer in remission that "If this keeps up you'll actually be 1000 times healthier than before you got sick"...

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Location: Western Massachusetts
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He did one comparing it with NYC:

//www.city-data.com/forum/city-...lo-larger.html

+1 for over the top civic boosterism
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