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I was there last year and a Black Bear literally crossed in front of us as we drove up one of the mountain roads! Was very disappointed with the parking situation tho...literally nowhere to park to get out and walk anywhere of interest, the very very limited parking was taken up by people who must have gotten there at like 7am or earlier. Had to drive up and over and then back down to an area with nothing around it before we found some parking where we could get out and walk around. They claimed they are putting in more parking but that didn't help us when we were there. IMO, great place to drive thru, as long as you don't actually want to get out and do anything...then it sucks ass.

Not sure where you got your numbers from but those aren't what they start out at...it's far far lower. The number on the left is the average starting salary for teachers by state. The middle column is the bottom 10th percentile and the right column is the 90th percentile. So basically when you are making 48K in South Dakota. it would be after working there like 20 years. That's pretty much where you are finishing at. In New York state, that number is almost 100K. So like I said...they start out as fast food workers and not even very good paid ones at that.

Green Lake, by a mile...one of only a handful of natural lakes that are crystal clear and you can see to the bottom...they rent out glass bottom canoes that you can go around the lake in...pretty amazing. It is one of only 36 natural Meromictic Lakes in the entire world where the waters from the top and bottom do not mix, leaving it crystal clear at all times. It is also pretty deep, formed after glaciers left the area during the Ice Age and is 195 feet deep, almost as deep as the deepest part of Lake Erie(210 feet). It is in Fayetteville, NY which is a little bit East of Syracuse in Onandaga County. https://parks.ny.gov/parks/greenlakes/details.aspx https://planetforward.org/story/meromictic-lake-new-york/#:~:text=Green Lake is home to,meromictic lakes in the world.

Yeah, they are all mostly where they get paid like fast food workers. It's a joke. In NYS, most districts have waiting lists with hundreds of job applicants and no openings.

But living down in Texas with border/migrant/immigrant/Mexican cartel issues is great somehow? Not to mention weeks and weeks of unrelenting temperatures over 90+ and sometimes more than a month straight of 100+? When you have to plan outdoor activities around potentially dying due to heat, something isn't right.

I couldn't deal with the constant ups/downs and twists and turns of the roads there...cannot even imagine what it must be like driving when there is snow or ice on the ground... it's definitely a cool city to visit tho, although only in the summer for me 😂 The taxes also go to pay teachers who get paid basically like fast food employees in the Southern US which explains the standardized test scores plummeting in those states over the last few decades. In some places, they could actually work in fast food and make more than they do teaching. What person in their right mind is signing up for garbage pay, coming out of their own pocket for classroom supplies constantly and dealing with kids that have no respect for anyone due parents who have no respect for anyone and who have kids that can do no wrong? It's like that everywhere, but at least teachers up here get paid to deal with the crap.

Hurry up and go...the people like you with your attitudes are why it's taking so long for it to improve...it's having to be done kicking and screaming over people who want to live in negativity. But the momentum is clearly not in your favor at this point.

Calculate the difference in interest you'd be paying over the life of a 30 year mortgage between the 2 and then let me know how much better you'd be doing...hint, if you are lucky you'd break even because the difference is over 500K in interest over the life of that loan. And that doesn't include the opportunity cost of not being able to take that excess money and invest it and actually MAKE money on the difference over time, which even at 8% would end up being worth far more than the more expensive house alone. This is the type of financial math you need to be doing when trying to figure these things out and most people are very very poor at it.

Go factor in house insurance in places like Florida where you will soon be paying more for your homeowner's premium a month than your mortgage payment once more insurance companies leave. They already are the highest in the nation, with some places averaging an unbelievable 17K a year in homeowner's insurance. That covers all my property/school/county taxes, NYS state income tax that they brag about saving there and homeowner's insurance and leaves me with a few K left over. There is no way someone paying $2500 a month(or more) for a house that would be $1250 a month up here is "saving money". Nobody is paying $1250 a month less in property taxes. This should be basic 3rd grade math. I live in a Village and pay some of the highest taxes in the area due to the added village tax, and my tax bill(property/school/county) is under $5500 a year on a nearly 300K house. Is it high? Sure, but not higher than a mortgage payment on a 600K house with their lower property taxes. Not even close. Just like it ignores homeowner's insurance costs in places like Florida. There are very few places with less costly weather related home issues than WNY. Yes, we get snow...a LOT of snow many years. But unless your roof collapses from the weight, it rarely causes any home damage. Outside of that, we don't deal with any of the major costly issues other places deal with. Ie, flooding, hurricanes, tornadoes, mudslides, earthquakes, forest fires, etc. Like Wichita Falls, TX where your house gets turned into Lincoln Logs or matchsticks every 5-10 years. Plus, most of these insurance companies don't include anything other than basic coverage and the actual issues that cause damage are riders on top of your normal premiums you would need to pay extra, and in many cases, A LOT extra, to actually be covered from these issues. Especially in areas where these events are frequently issues. Very few places in WNY would need to purchase any additional riders like most other places would.

It's based on the average income of the people living there to the housing prices. Sure, if you find somewhere where people make $200 a month and housing costs $100 a month, it is definitely cheaper but that isn't affordable. Two completely different things you are looking at. Considering 70% of the world makes less than $900 a month, every dollar in those places is worth a lot more to them and every dollar something is more expensive there multiplies that cost far more than it does here. I mean people on welfare make more than that here sitting around collecting checks from the government.

WNY continuing to pile up accolades over the past few years...momentum is really building as more and more reports continue to rank us very very favorably compared to many places. Rochester coming in #2, Buffalo #6 in world's most affordable cities. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/home-prices-affordable-cities-cheap-housing/

Meh...I prefer to listen to the opponent's broadcast most nights, TBH.

Imagine complaining about a team that has BY FAR the deepest pipeline in the NHL even tho they have promoted heavily from it within the last 3-4 years. Seriously...there are plenty of things to not like about this team, but complaining about the biggest area of strength ain't it. Some people just work OT to not like anything they do it feels like whether it makes logical sense or not.

He needs to hire Master Gorino and teach the Sabres how to "Become...become...become..."

Just pretend he is the Godfather and has the "Cor" in front of the last name... He made KA an offer he couldn't refuse...

Senior Advisor...must be nice to do basically nothing and draw a fat paycheck...where can I get those gigs?

Leafs will extend to game 7 only to get bounced again as usual.

Wow, was just reading up on that and it's no joke. Can be triggered by anesthesia or simply by intense exercise for people with it. Basically it's a genetic code defect that's inherited and the body cannot cool itself off properly...said most people when exercising sweat to keep the body around normal temperature but people with this disorder can have their body temperature rise to over 104 degrees and can even lead to death in more severe cases due to "burning up from within". Scary stuff...sucks that he has it, but he has learned to deal with it and manage it well enough that he can lead a semi-normal life, just not enough of a normal life to play pro hockey.

If you think this is bad, you should see what happens on TBD. Some mods over there are on serious power trips like the dudes who got bullied in high school that are now cops taking it out on everyone.

That would include the Bandits, Knighthawks and Sabres... https://www.hockeyfeed.com/nhl-news/reports-that-terry-pegula-has-sold-the-buffalo-sabres

Everyone needs someone or something to push them when you get to that level. Even if you think you don't. Michael Jordan used every insult or slight, real or imagined to fuel his unquenchable fire inside of him. And his coaches tapped into that side of him and don't believe for a second they didn't.

Red Wings and Pens eliminated last night after Philly pulls the goalie in a tie game since they needed a win in regulation to make it in...had they went to OT and won they would have been out but the Red Wings would have been in...tough way to get knocked out of the playoffs...especially after scoring with 3.3 seconds left to send the game to OT and then win it...

not at all. Might be taking a little longer than expected and experiencing more bumps in the road than he'd like but I don't think it will matter once it gets airborne and stays there over several years after.

20-30 goal scorer most likely. Probably turns into a good assist man...maybe 65-80 point seasons regularly with a few higher and lower.

He was excellent at them last year as well. One of the biggest drivers of the Sabres offense last year was Power starting the breaks up ice with those long passes out of his own zone. The offensive numbers with him on the ice versus off the ice last year was a pretty large gap.