Why so little development along the shore of Lake Ontario? (Buffalo: houses, beaches)

[Misty108]

It seems there are many more towns and houses between Buffalo and Erie, PA. Why hasn't more been built between Niagara and Oswego?

[JWRocks]

Originally Posted by Misty108

It seems there are many more towns and houses between Buffalo and Erie, PA. Why hasn't more been built between Niagara and Oswego?

There are no major cities on the southern Ontario lakeshore in that region. Rochester does brush the lake for a short 2 mile strip. All residential. The harbor area has some development, and there have been many proposals for some high, or mid rise buildings, and got shot down by the locals Downtown Rochester is about 10 miles south of the lakeshore. Most of the big money in Rochester is in the southeast suburbs and tend to migrate to the Finger Lakes. We have river waterfront and canal waterfronts as well. Check out some of the canal towns like Fairport, Pittsford, Brockport and Spencerport.

To sum it up, I would say we have an abundance of waterfront, compared to population

[ckhthankgod]

There are also quite a few state and other parks on the Lake Ontario lakeshore. There are multiple beaches and sand dunes. So, that likely plays a part in that as well.

Also, besides the Dunkirk/Fredonia area, I don’t know of too much development in between Erie PA and the Southtowns of Buffalo that are actually on Lake Erie.

[ComeCloser]

Isnt there a nuclear reactor within sight as well? Indian point maybe?

https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=47776

It just recently shut down after 59 years of operation.

Nope! Its JA Fitzpatrick and Nine Mile Point on Lake Ontario.

https://www.nrc.gov/info-finder/reactors/fitz.html

[ckhthankgod]

Originally Posted by ComeCloser

Isnt there a nuclear reactor within sight as well? Indian point maybe?

https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=47776

It just recently shut down after 59 years of operation.

Nope! Its JA Fitzpatrick and Nine Mile Point on Lake Ontario.

https://www.nrc.gov/info-finder/reactors/fitz.html

There is one in Ontario east of Rochester as well: https://www.exeloncorp.com/locations...ants/r-e-ginna

[homestead123]

Indian point is polar opposite from Lake Ontario lol

[ComeCloser]

Originally Posted by homestead123

Indian point is polar opposite from Lake Ontario lol

That's why I said "nope!"

Im not sure how many people would enjoy a view of a reactor.

[ckhthankgod]

^What is interesting is that if you go to say Mexico Point or Sandy Island east of Oswego, you can see Nine Mile looking west in the distance. However, if you go to Fair Haven west of Oswego, I don’t remember seeing Nine Mile if you look to east. So, some of this will depend on where you are along the lake.

Information on these state parks, Mexico Point: https://www.tripadvisor.com/Attracti..._New_York.html

Park Information – Mexico Point Park

Sandy Island: https://parks.ny.gov/parks/153/details.aspx

https://www.tripadvisor.com/Attracti..._New_York.html

Fair Haven: https://parks.ny.gov/parks/12/details.aspx

https://www.tripadvisor.com/Attracti..._New_York.html

[JWRocks]

Originally Posted by ComeCloser

That's why I said "nope!"

Im not sure how many people would enjoy a view of a reactor.

Why not? I surely like that as opposed to windmills and solar collectors that destroy so much green space to only produce a fraction of power as a nuke plant