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Originally Posted by ki0eh
Hornell has a Wegmans, the grocery chain major mid-Atlantic metro suburbs fight to get. https://www.wegmans.com/stores/hornell-ny.html
I knew someone who commuted daily from Corning to Alfred, an hour each way. Although Corning is considered by most a more exciting and desirable community (so encouraged by a global corporation still there), it seems to make more sense to me to drive for excitement and minimize daily commuting. |
I used to work in Alfred. Hornell is more centralized than Wellsville. Also if you are Hornell, head up 36 then I390 for about an hour and you are in the shopping area of Henrietta/Rochester. For my taste Corning/Horseheads/Elmira area, about an hour and fifteen minutes away, the I86 was often iffy in the winter and all year round the I86 was filled with speed traps. The state troupers know how to hide themselves very very well. In the fall, head out about half an hour to Naples south of Canandaiqua Lake. Naples is in wine country and is famous for its Grape Pies.
As an aside, in that region of the state you will find many lakes, creeks, and towns that look and sound to be a corrupted version/spelling of Canada. When the English settlers asked the local Indians what they called their place, the Indians responded with their word for "settlement". The English couldn't pronounce it correctly and spelled it as they thought it sounded. So the word Canada basically means "settlement".
If you do not wish to live in the "big" city of Hornell, then just five to ten minutes south of Hornell on 36 is the smaller town of Caniesto. Caniesto has the world's largest LIVING sign. I find it more impressive than the rickety wooden Hollywood sign in California. There is a back road to/from Alfred, but it is often undriveable for about one third of the winter.
If you are in any wooded area during hunting season be sure to wear bright orange. Don't get yourself mistaken for a dear. And speaking of dear, be careful driving anywhere in the southern tier of NY and northern PA. Dear WILL jump out in front of you suddenly. Happened to me often living there and two times hit and costly car damage.
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