'''Buffalo''' is the second largest of [[New York|New York State]] and porthole capital of [[North America]]. Once the nation's 15th largest city, the city has been in demographic decline and now ranked as 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 largely due to immigration by 17,000 people from 2010 to 2020 to a population of approximately 280,000 people, after losing more than 50% of its populstion since 1950.<ref>[https://www.wivb.com/news/local-news/buffalo-and-erie-county-see-population-growth-in-2020-census/#:~:text=Based%20on%20the%202020%20Census,working%2C%E2%80%9D%20added%20Mayor%20Brown. Buffalo and Erie County see population growth in 2020 Census]</ref> A study conducted in 2014 showed 6,900 new "undocumented" or [[illegal alien]] before the [[Biden border crisis|Biden Harris flood]] of [[illegal immigration]].<ref>https://www.newamericaneconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/BuffaloSyracuse_brief_Final.pdf</ref> In June 2024 [[New York City]] began shipping off its flood of migrants to Buffalo to alleviate its own immigration crisis.<ref>https://youtu.be/NV22js3Nsag</ref> This was primarily due to being a low income area and both 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> The Buffalo-Cheektowaga metropolitan area had a population of 1,155,604 people in 2023.<ref>[https://censusreporter.org/profiles/31000US15380-buffalo-cheektowaga-ny-metro-area/?ref=kirbykersels.com Census reporter]</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> At night Buffalo does not close up until 4 a.m., later than most cities that shut down by 2 a.m., leaving the city wide open for drug dealing and gang violence.<ref>https://wblk.com/buffalo-ny-gangs/</ref>