Buffalo NY Pros & Cons
What are The Pros & Cons of Living in the Buffalo NY area?
Buffalo has an array of different Pros and Cons when it comes to lifestyle and Amenities. This is coming from someone who has lived here all his life, While also helping folks move here on the daily basis as a Realtor. Overall buffalo is a very good city for being a Mid size city. We have a population of about 250,000 inside the metro area and a total around 1 Million if you include the suburbs in the north and South towns. It's very affordable when it comes to real estate, cost of living is crazy low, yes we get snow but we do not face any natural disasters like hurricanes or massive tornadoes. When you leave the house you can confidently know it will be standing once you get back home. Without making this super long lets get into some bullet points:
If you want more information and a deeper dive into the pros and cons Check out my Youtube channel @Buffaloliving2.0. I’ve covered this is great detail there while providing vlog tours so you can put visuals to the context. It will give you a real in depth view of buffalo as a whole. See video Below or keep on reading:
Living in Buffalo NY PROS AND CONS:
Pros
VERY AFFORDABLE: especially when it comes to real estate. Median home cost is $241,500. However you can find them for much lower prices.
COST OF LIVING: we are about 20% less than the national. Our utilities and car insurance is higher than most states
AMAZING FOOD & BEER: some of the best food in the entire nation. We have 35+ breweries and 5+ distilleries.
Last Call is at 4 AM : Yes most people decide if they are going out or not around 12am
ALL FOUR SEASONS: We Don’t worry about any natural disasters, the most we get is snow and that melts every single year or you can shovel it away.
SMALL BIG CITY: Development is happening around buffalo heavily. But we don't have the crazy skyline like Atlanta or Houston
GREAT SCHOOLS :Now inside the city they are not nearly as good. Suburbs most schools are amazing. Either way you child gets a NYS degree and they will be fine
Cons:
NOT A GREAT NIGHT LIFE: We are bar people not really a major club scene
SEGREGATION AND LACK OF DIVERSITY: to me this has always been a plague to buffalo but it is changing for the better every year. Buffalo had a long history of redlining and you can see it as you go about different neighborhoods. West side is known to be Hispanic, east side African American, North Italian and south buffalo irish and polish. The suburban areas and majority white
TRANSPORTATION AND PARKING SUCKS (inside city): most people drive here, our metro system is not the best. There have been talks of expansion. Very tough to find parking inside the city streets.
CRIME ( Like any major city): Buffalo gets a bad rep for some reason about this but its only in a couple areas inside the city. Every city has crime, just don't go to those areas if you don't feel safe
TAXES ARE HIGH: crazy high taxes
This should give you a great start and feel for buffalo. If you want more information and a deeper dive into the pros and cons Check out my Youtube channel @Buffaloliving2.0. I’ve covered this is great detail there while providing vlog tours so you can put visuals to the context. It will give you a real in depth view of buffalo as a whole.