A revealing poem about Syracuse. OK, so the winters in Buffalo aren't great. Winters aside, the weather in Buffalo is usually very nice. Spring can be rainy and cold, but summer is usually glorious, with only occasional stretches of real heat and humidity. And autumn anywhere in New York State is a treat.
Buffalo has so much to recommend it that it's hard to know where to begin.
Many of my good friends live in or near Buffalo. When I was eight years old, my parents bought a piece of land on Wellesley Island. It was 1972. Dad feared that if a real depression came, he might lose his job and the bank could foreclose on his mortgage. Dad figured that if he owned a piece of land outright, the family would be safe.