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'''Buffalo''', is the second largest and second most [[liberal]] city of [[New York|New York State]]. Once the nation's 15th largest city, it has declined to the 78th.<ref>https://www.neilsberg.com/insights/buffalo-ny-population-by-year/</ref> In recent years, according to United States census data, its population has increased.<ref>[https://www.buffalo.edu/news/tipsheets/2021/020.html In Buffalo, immigrants and refugees drive population growth, improve quality of life, UB expert says], University at Buffalo</ref>  This is primarily due to legal and illegal immigration.<ref>[https://www.buffalo.edu/news/tipsheets/2021/020.html In Buffalo, immigrants and refugees drive population growth, improve quality of life, UB expert says], University at Buffalo</ref>  From 2011 to 2019, Buffalo experienced a significant amount of gentrification.<ref>[https://www.buffalo.edu/provost/messages.host.html/content/shared/university/news/news-center-releases/2024/08/zhang-barr-gentrification.detail.html#:~:text=BUFFALO%2C%20N.Y.,a%20University%20at%20Buffalo%20study. Balancing act: UB study links gentrification to reduced crime, but downsides of gentrification can’t be ignored], University of Buffalo</ref><ref>[https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11189242/ Gentrification and crime in Buffalo, New York], PLoS One. 2024 Jun 20;19(6):e0302832. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0302832</ref>

'''Buffalo''', is the second largest and second most [[liberal]] city of [[New York|New York State]]. Once the nation's 15th largest city, it has declined to the 78th.<ref>https://www.neilsberg.com/insights/buffalo-ny-population-by-year/</ref> In recent years, according to United States census data, its population has increased.<ref>[https://www.buffalo.edu/news/tipsheets/2021/020.html In Buffalo, immigrants and refugees drive population growth, improve quality of life, UB expert says], University at Buffalo</ref>  This is primarily due to legal and illegal immigration.<ref>[https://www.buffalo.edu/news/tipsheets/2021/020.html In Buffalo, immigrants and refugees drive population growth, improve quality of life, UB expert says], University at Buffalo</ref>  From 2011 to 2019, Buffalo experienced a significant amount of gentrification.<ref>[https://www.buffalo.edu/provost/messages.host.html/content/shared/university/news/news-center-releases/2024/08/zhang-barr-gentrification.detail.html#:~:text=BUFFALO%2C%20N.Y.,a%20University%20at%20Buffalo%20study. Balancing act: UB study links gentrification to reduced crime, but downsides of gentrification can’t be ignored], University of Buffalo</ref><ref>[https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11189242/ Gentrification and crime in Buffalo, New York], PLoS One. 2024 Jun 20;19(6):e0302832. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0302832</ref>

Home to many [[homosexuality|gay bathouses]]<ref>https://www.google.com/search?q=gay+bathhouses+in+buffalo+new+york&num=10&sca_esv=04ccc06d6a14a3bd&sxsrf=ADLYWILM5ly17QV48-1iM5NiwIoxLDk1Yw%3A1730402510350&ei=ztgjZ_mKFcPm0PEP25vD-A8&ved=0ahUKEwj5qcrXq7mJAxVDMzQIHdvNEP8Q4dUDCBA&uact=5&oq=gay+bathhouses+in+buffalo+new+york&gs_lp=Egxnd3Mtd2l6LXNlcnAiImdheSBiYXRoaG91c2VzIGluIGJ1ZmZhbG8gbmV3IHlvcmsyBhAAGBYYHjILEAAYgAQYhgMYigUyCxAAGIAEGIYDGIoFMgsQABiABBiGAxiKBTIIEAAYgAQYogQyCBAAGIAEGKIESIVtUABYpUxwAHgBkAEAmAHCAaAB6RCqAQQyLjE2uAEDyAEA-AEBmAIJoAKLCMICBhAAGAcYHsICCBAAGAUYDRgewgIIEAAYCBgNGB6YAwDiAwUSATEgQJIHAzIuN6AH2D0&sclient=gws-wiz-serp</ref> Buffalo suffers from high rates of [[AIDS]],<ref>https://www.health.ny.gov/diseases/aids/providers/health_advisories/docs/health_advisory_hiv.pdf</ref> [[divorce]],<ref>https://wibx950.com/new-york-toxic-marriages/</ref> and [[alcoholism]].<ref>https://www.democratandchronicle.com/story/news/2024/09/05/rochester-buffalo-ny-among-most-stressed-cities-in-u-s-wallethub-study-heres-why/74970935007/</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>

Buffalo suffers from high rates of [[AIDS]],<ref>https://www.health.ny.gov/diseases/aids/providers/health_advisories/docs/health_advisory_hiv.pdf</ref> [[divorce]],<ref>https://wibx950.com/new-york-toxic-marriages/</ref> and [[alcoholism]].<ref>https://www.democratandchronicle.com/story/news/2024/09/05/rochester-buffalo-ny-among-most-stressed-cities-in-u-s-wallethub-study-heres-why/74970935007/</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>

Buffalo has had a [[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>

Buffalo has had a [[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>