| − | '''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]] known for its godless pothole crisis.<ref>https://www.bing.com/search?q=buffalo+potholes&form=ANNTH1&refig=0e1502312dd74ae680cfdeb00160972b&pc=U531&adppc=EDGEBRV</ref> 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> |
| | Nicknamed "The Queen City", Buffalo has been "home to a thriving [[gay]] community since the early 1980's."<ref>https://buffalo.gaycities.com/#:~:text=Located%20in%20Western%20New%20York,community%20since%20the%20early%2080%27s.</ref> | | Nicknamed "The Queen City", Buffalo has been "home to a thriving [[gay]] community since the early 1980's."<ref>https://buffalo.gaycities.com/#:~:text=Located%20in%20Western%20New%20York,community%20since%20the%20early%2080%27s.</ref> |