Rock's Preferred City Series (PCS): Buffalo, Rochester, Albany, or Syracuse?

[murksiderock]

Starting a new series comparing major cities in-state, to guage Coli interest of said cities. This version is for New York's second tier cities, which do you prefer, and why?

 

[murksiderock]

This group of cities is special to me, i love Upstate New York!

Each of these cities is special for me. It would be hard for me to pick just one. Syracuse is the smallest city in the group so I'd get rid of it just on that alone. I've had fun in all these cities, and each have drawbacks. Albany is the only one of the group that is growing though, so it may win by default even though I like the other cities too...

 

[jdubnyce]

Speak on Rochester

 

[murksiderock]

Speak on Rochester

Rochester is dope and really influential around the state of New York. Healthcare, politics. Black New Yorkers I think have more of a gravitational pull to Rochester than Buffalo, which is interesting because Buffalo is a bigger city, but people don't really vibe with Buffalo like that...

Rochester looks like Buffalo but they have a different aura. In criminal culture Roc definitely has way more pull, they the only NYers that be everywhere, besides Borough cats. Roc nikkas run alot of the money avenues in NYS, they the most violent in terms of beef. But it's a special place because they have they own style, Syracuse cats are like little bro...

 

[King Poetic]

Buffalo, because it’s next to Canada

 

[3rdWorld]

Rochester is dope and really influential around the state of New York. Healthcare, politics. Black New Yorkers I think have more of a gravitational pull to Rochester than Buffalo, which is interesting because Buffalo is a bigger city, but people don't really vibe with Buffalo like that...

Rochester looks like Buffalo but they have a different aura. In criminal culture Roc definitely has way more pull, they the only NYers that be everywhere, besides Borough cats. Roc nikkas run alot of the money avenues in NYS, they the most violent in terms of beef. But it's a special place because they have they own style, Syracuse cats are like little bro...

Chili, Rochester..

 

[King Poetic]

Is upstate New York more on a Midwest type of living more than the natural whole NYC, Philly type of east coast vibe of living

 

[murksiderock]

Is upstate New York more on a Midwest type of living more than the natural whole NYC, Philly type of east coast vibe of living

No, I hate when people say it is too...

The Hudson Valley area, or "Downstate", is basically an extension of Long Island with a little NYC and Connecticut thrown in there...

The Adirondacks region and Capital Region (greater Albany) are very New England-ish, think rural Vermont, Mass, Connecticut. The Albany area is more culturally connected to NE than it is to WNY...

Central New York and the Thousand Islands and Watertown areas have a light NE feel in parts, light WNY feel in others, but it's probably the most "New York" feeling place in the state. Syracuse is probably the most "New York" feeling city in the state, because even NYC has comparable feels to NE, Philly, Jersey, Boston. Among large NY cities, Syracuse is as NY as it gets...

The Southern Tier (Binghamton to Ithaca to Elmira) has shades of CNY and WNY but is really the parallel of Penna's Northern Tier. It's basically the same place, rural, mountainous, and it's really unique compared to most of the rest of the state. Southern Tier is basically Pennsylvania with shades of other parts of NY...

Western New York (Rochester and Buffalo areas) are the areas most comparable to the Midwest, they look like Cleveland and Northeast Ohio. But that part of Ohio was settled by New Englanders and New Yorkers so Cleveland is kinda unique, if you've ever been there it has kind of an East Coast vibe. WNY doesn't feel anything like Indiana or Kansas or Missouri, those real corn fed Midwest locations...

Buffalo has a little NYC to it too, a little Canada to it, but WNY in general is just a culture of its own. Kinda similar to Western Penna too (Pittsburgh), so Pittsburgh and Cleveland areas are similar...

But those real Midwest areas are entirely different vibes from anywhere in New York...

 

[klientel]

I thought this shyt was about the real Rock. I was so confused….

 

[murksiderock]

I thought this shyt was about the real Rock. I was so confused….

I am the real Rock nikka, that other nigha hates his blackness ...

 

[Mordith]

Though I didn't grow up there, Syracuse made me because that's not only where I was born, but the vast majority of my people live in/or came from there as well. So to me it wins by default....

 

[Orbital-Fetus]

This group of cities is special to me, i love Upstate New York!

Each of these cities is special for me. It would be hard for me to pick just one. Syracuse is the smallest city in the group so I'd get rid of it just on that alone. I've had fun in all these cities, and each have drawbacks. Albany is the only one of the group that is growing though, so it may win by default even though I like the other cities too...

Buffalo is Western NY. It's also a dope city.

 

[teeswinger]

Rochester is dope and really influential around the state of New York. Healthcare, politics. Black New Yorkers I think have more of a gravitational pull to Rochester than Buffalo, which is interesting because Buffalo is a bigger city, but people don't really vibe with Buffalo like that...

Rochester looks like Buffalo but they have a different aura. In criminal culture Roc definitely has way more pull, they the only NYers that be everywhere, besides Borough cats. Roc nikkas run alot of the money avenues in NYS, they the most violent in terms of beef. But it's a special place because they have they own style, Syracuse cats are like little bro...

I'm from the Roc and this is spot on homie!

 

[Akae Beka]

I lived in Rochester from 98 to 2005(middle school through 1st yr of college). Still have family, friends and connections.
It shaped some of my experiences and have good memories but I'm pretty certain I'm never coming back.