| − | '''Buffalo''', is the second largest and second most liberal city of [[New York|New York State]]. However, due to its working-class roots and Catholic/conservative Protestant populations, the [[socialism|socialist]] India Walton was beaten in a mayoral race by the incumbent Byron Brown. In 2021, the ''New York Post'' reported about one of the mayoral debates: "Fighting to remain Buffalo mayor — incumbent, write-in candidate Byron Brown slammed his opponent, India Walton, as a Democratic socialist and “apologist” for criminals, whose ideas are 'bad at best'."<ref>[https://nypost.com/2021/10/27/byron-brown-slams-socialist-buffalo-mayor-candidate-calls-her-criminal-apologist/ Buffalo debate: Byron Brown slams socialist candidate India Walton, calls her criminal ‘apologist’], New York Post, 2021</ref> | + | '''Buffalo''', is the second largest and second most [[liberal]] city of [[New York|New York State]]. However, due to its working-class roots and Catholic/conservative Protestant populations, the [[socialism|socialist]] India Walton was beaten in a mayoral race by the incumbent Byron Brown. In 2021, the ''New York Post'' reported about one of the mayoral debates: "Fighting to remain Buffalo mayor — incumbent, write-in candidate Byron Brown slammed his opponent, India Walton, as a Democratic socialist and “apologist” for criminals, whose ideas are 'bad at best'."<ref>[https://nypost.com/2021/10/27/byron-brown-slams-socialist-buffalo-mayor-candidate-calls-her-criminal-apologist/ Buffalo debate: Byron Brown slams socialist candidate India Walton, calls her criminal ‘apologist’], New York Post, 2021</ref> |
| | Buffalo is located in the north west corner of the state, at the eastern end of [[Lake Erie]] and the south end of the [[Niagara River]]. The metropolitan population is 1.2 million people, up from lows in the 1960s when St. Lawrence Seaway was opened changing the flow of trade and the rust belt reorganization of manufacturing jobs. It was reported in 2021 that U.S. census indicated that Buffalo is growing for the first time in 70 years – and that Erie County, New York is growing also.<ref>[https://buffalonews.com/news/local/rod-watson-buffalo-is-growing-not-everyone-got-the-message/article_1f8d2a50-0559-11ec-94c2-9ff1c6f59b90.html Rod Watson: Buffalo is growing? Not everyone got the message], Buffalo News</ref> Buffalo is joined by the Peace Bridge to [[Canada]], and by the [[Erie Canal]] to the [[Hudson River]], and ultimately the [[Atlantic Ocean]]. | | Buffalo is located in the north west corner of the state, at the eastern end of [[Lake Erie]] and the south end of the [[Niagara River]]. The metropolitan population is 1.2 million people, up from lows in the 1960s when St. Lawrence Seaway was opened changing the flow of trade and the rust belt reorganization of manufacturing jobs. It was reported in 2021 that U.S. census indicated that Buffalo is growing for the first time in 70 years – and that Erie County, New York is growing also.<ref>[https://buffalonews.com/news/local/rod-watson-buffalo-is-growing-not-everyone-got-the-message/article_1f8d2a50-0559-11ec-94c2-9ff1c6f59b90.html Rod Watson: Buffalo is growing? Not everyone got the message], Buffalo News</ref> Buffalo is joined by the Peace Bridge to [[Canada]], and by the [[Erie Canal]] to the [[Hudson River]], and ultimately the [[Atlantic Ocean]]. |
| | + | Buffalo has a radial street pattern, and is one of one three cities in the [[United States]] with this layout. Buffalo is also exception in the amount of flour milling done there, ranking it among the highest in the world along with [[Minneapolis]], [[Minnesota]] (where flour milling began to decline in the late 1930s as electric power began to replace water power). At night Buffalo does not close up until 4 a.m., later than most cities that shut down by 2 a.m. |
| | In 2010, ''[[Forbes Magazine]]'' rated Buffalo tenth in the top 10 places to raise a family.<ref>{{cite news | url = https://www.forbes.com/2010/06/04/best-places-family-lifestyle-real-estate-cities-kids.html | title = America's Best Places to Raise a Family | publisher = Forbes.com | first=Francesca | last=Levy | date=June 7, 2010|accessdate=September 25, 2012}}</ref> | | In 2010, ''[[Forbes Magazine]]'' rated Buffalo tenth in the top 10 places to raise a family.<ref>{{cite news | url = https://www.forbes.com/2010/06/04/best-places-family-lifestyle-real-estate-cities-kids.html | title = America's Best Places to Raise a Family | publisher = Forbes.com | first=Francesca | last=Levy | date=June 7, 2010|accessdate=September 25, 2012}}</ref> |