Todd Schoepflin: November 2009 Archives

City November 23, 2009 12:49 PM
Buffalo: The City of Good Neighbors.  And Good Weather.

I've always liked the description of Buffalo as the City of Good Neighbors. The massive volunteer effort for the Extreme Makeover project would seem to be the latest evidence that the slogan fits our city. Lately, I've been thinking of our weather as yet another asset in our region. So often people get defensive about Buffalo's reputation for lousy weather. I try not to, and here I'm making the case that Buffalo's weather is anything but lousy. I definitely wouldn't call our weather perfect - perfect seems only to apply to San Diego (if you don't mind smog) or anywhere in Hawaii - but I think we can make the case that Buffalo's weather is nothing to be embarrassed about.

I can only imagine the abundance of references to the weather