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
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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.
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.
Ha funny. I did just the opposite moved from Buffalo to Jersey!
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.
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.
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.
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.
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