06/08/06 06:03 - 73ºF - ID#21175

reversing the tide

hey e-peeps... okay so i'm a poser... i live in new jersey and haven't moved to buffalo yet but i'm on my way this summer. just landed a job in b-lo (this seems to surprise people...what, are there no jobs in b-lo or something?) ;-) i laugh to myself that i'm trying to singlehandedly reverse the population outflow from buffalo... ha!

anyway my gf and i are moving up around august and i'll be scouring elmwood and allentown looking for you e- types. beware! in the meantime maybe i'll write some journal posts about my search for a nice apartment near the park. suggestions welcomed...

chico

codypomeray writes at 02:45:11 06/10/06 - Comment #8766: hey chico welcome to estrip. i actually grew up in b-lo but moved to long island. my sister moved to new jersey. she lived in brick and teaches in lakewood. where you from? well i hope everything goes well with your move to buffalo. good luck.

dragonlady7 writes at 08:58:02 06/09/06 - Comment #8710: Welcome to Buffalo!

Am I an idiot for wanting to know which park? I really don't know which park. There are kind of a lot.

I'm not originally from Buffalo either but I sort of moved here before getting a job, so, yknow, like, I wouldn't know what backwards even was.

hodown writes at 08:51:57 06/09/06 - Comment #8709: Ha funny. I did just the opposite moved from Buffalo to Jersey!

libertad writes at 02:07:55 06/09/06 - Comment #8704: bienvenido chico,

I'll ask around for an apartment near the park. I know someone who lives there and has a rental property, but I doubt that it is available. She may know of someone though. Buffalo is a great place to live. I think you should really like the people here.

carolinian writes at 12:23:41 06/09/06 - Comment #8699: I've moved up here from NC in the last several months and I'm glad I did. Buffalo is a pretty cool place and you can get pretty good deals, at least compared to where I was living before (and even better deals if you can stomach living in Lackawanna).

I'm currently living on Richmond Ave, and I definitely recommend it. Driving down the street when everything's in bloom on a mild summer day is alone with living here.

Plus, stuff is within walking distance, and I find I'm using my car less and less.

kara writes at 09:32:21 06/08/06 - Comment #8692: welcome to the 'hood - the (e:strip)hood, that is.

You should have your girlfriend (chica?) join, too. We're a friendly bunch.

subboard.com is a good resource for apartments. Buffalo is a big college town, so the market for rentals will dry up once school starts.

joshua writes at 07:28:46 06/08/06 - Comment #8687: Welcome friend.

The best way to find an apartment on or around Elmwood is to check out Artvoice - they have a website and must have the classifieds up there. Otherwise, alot of people simply drive around the 'hood and go sign shopping.

Anyway, you'll love Elmwood.

zobar writes at 07:00:40 06/08/06 - Comment #8686: Almost-welcome to Buffalo. B'lo is famous for having fewer jobs than people, but I'm beginning to think that's turning around. I hired someone from North Carolina by way of Rochester, and just recently (e:carolinian) moved here directly from North Carolina as well.

I work for the local alternative newsweekly, and I recommend looking at our classifieds :::link::: if you want to live inside the city. If you'd prefer to live in the suburbs [ick] the real paper :::link::: has better listings.

- Z