If you ask a Syracuse person how far anything is from a particular location, the answer is always less than 20 minutes and often just 10 minutes. Driving is easy, even in the winter. This is thanks to the excellant job the various townships and the city do with snow plows and salting. People come from all over the worls to see the Fall leaves changing color and to sample the New York wines. We have at least three ski resports within 20 minutes of the city for the snowy days.
Spring is so pretty with the flowers and fresh leaves on the trees and summer an absolute joy.
On top of this, you will see hot air balloons, marathon runers, enthusiastic gardners and people just simply doing nothing but enjoying the great outdoors. As far as medical issues are concerned, the quality of care in Central New York is such that the hospitalization rate in Syracuse is very low. For more on this subject, go to our page on health care.