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I was going back through some older Buffalo vs Rochester threads and I noticed that almost all of them were exactly that, "versus" threads. I don't think either city is better than the other but I do believe each city has it's strengths and weaknesses. For example Buffalo is a better sports city (Bills/Sabres) while Rochester has better Universities (U of R/RIT, no offense to UB). Even though both cities have similarities, such as, both receive about the same amount of snow, both are on the Great Lakes, and both have around the same metro population, they still have a lot of differences. I don't want this to be a versus thread, I want this to be differences thread, so what do you guys think the biggest differences in these two great cities are?
Rochester has more of a White collar character versus the more Blue collar character of Buffalo. Buffalo gets more Canadian influences due to its location. Buffalo has the potential to take more advantage of its lakefront due to its Downtown being so close to it. That's all I could think of for now.
I've researched this quite a bit. Here's what I could come up with.
Rochester is more white collar, while Buffalo is more blue collar.
Buffalo has better nightlife and culture in general.
Rochester has more varied terrain; Buffalo is almost entirely flat.
Buffalo has major sports teams; Rochester doesn't have any.
I noticed that people like to have these two cities compete with each other on here a lot. The last thread I saw, people were comparing when each city opened up different chain restaurants and using that as a factor to say which city was "better."
Why are people constantly comparing these two cities?
I noticed that people like to have these two cities compete with each other on here a lot. The last thread I saw, people were comparing when each city opened up different chain restaurants and using that as a factor to say which city was "better."
Why are people constantly comparing these two cities?
My intentions weren't to compare the two cities or to find out which is better than the other. I just wanted to know what the biggest differences are between the two because they seem to be pretty similar.
Although I'm not familiar with Rochester, it seems more upscale and progressive. It is smalller. The Metro Area population includes a bigger geographical area for Rochester, which skews city size comparison.
Buffalo has more potential for future growth due to amenities and better location (proximity to Canada / Midwest / Great Lakes), but Rochester is the "nicer" city from my observation. Both are hidden gems on a national scale.
Source: I've lived in Buffalo for over 20 of my 25 years.
I would caution about Buffalo being a better sports town. Without the support of Rochester, I'm not sure there would be an NFL or NHL in Buffalo. Can you imagine a Sunday afternoon with 20-25,000 fewer people, and half of the corporate suites M/T at the Ralph?
That's one of the reasons I always advocate the 2 regions form closer ties, rather than divisions.
I would caution about Buffalo being a better sports town. Without the support of Rochester, I'm not sure there would be an NFL or NHL in Buffalo. Can you imagine a Sunday afternoon with 20-25,000 fewer people, and half of the corporate suites M/T at the Ralph?
That's one of the reasons I always advocate the 2 regions form closer ties, rather than divisions.
I agree 100%. I know alot of season ticket holders from Rochester, and Syracuse for that matter. Not to mention the strong following of the Amerks and Rhinos in the Rochester area.I just gave the node to Buffalo simply because they have an NFL franchise, but not by a very big margin.
Although I'm not familiar with Rochester, it seems more upscale and progressive. It is smalller. The Metro Area population includes a bigger geographical area for Rochester, which skews city size comparison.
Buffalo has more potential for future growth due to amenities and better location (proximity to Canada / Midwest / Great Lakes), but Rochester is the "nicer" city from my observation. Both are hidden gems on a national scale.
Source: I've lived in Buffalo for over 20 of my 25 years.
Although I'm not familiar with Rochester, it seems more upscale and progressive. It is smalller. The Metro Area population includes a bigger geographical area for Rochester, which skews city size comparison.
For those that say Rochester is smaller and garners a larger geographical metro area, first, yes Rochester is smaller. But not by much. and it's been gaining on Buffalo for decades. They are now #50 & #51 nationally.
Monroe county is almost half of the size in sq miles as Erie county, thereby giving Monroe a denser, but smaller population. If you look at all of the adjoining counties, they are loaded with housing tracks and industry. (Ontario, Williamson, Macedon, Gananda, Walworth, Palmyra, Newark, Farmington, Victor, Avon, Livonia, Bergen, Leroy, Holley, Albion, Kendall). I'm sure I missed a few.
Remember. a metro area is comprised of counties that are adjacent to a county with a major city in which the outlying counties are economically tied to said host city. Genesee county (50,000 pop) was tied to Rochester before the micropolitan category was created of which Batavia became.
I understand that Yates county ( I think about 28,000) has just joined the Rochester metro area, although I've not seen to much reporting on it.
All of the Rochester expressways feed into the adjacent counties, and there is heavy traffic during rush hour on all of them leaving Monroe county.
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