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"Buffalo's history deserves a better fait. You could own a tangible piece of that history and help build the city's future with a house like this."

Here's an idea! Why doesn't Dave Steele move to Buffalo and fix the house up himself? He could show that he truly loves Buffalo by, ya know, actually living and working here.

Until you do, these posts are empty endorsements of a city you choose not to live in.

You guys are an insular and defensive group, aren't you? What's so wrong about asking someone to make a real commitment to Buffalo by moving home? I picked up and came back to Buffalo a few years ago with wife and children in tow and started my own company. I'm not a big believer in circumstance, if you want to do something, you make it happen.

Does David live in Chicago by choice? Yes.

Does David love Buffalo? Yes.

Does David have intentions of exercising that Buffalo Love and moving home? I don't know.

That's why I asked. He is free to say what he wants, but until he makes the commitment to being here and actually making a difference, ihis posts are empty endorsements. I don't care if I find "support for my comments", it's my own opinion, so deal with it.

Ironically enough, the commenters here seem to take issue with those who choose to live in the suburbs of Buffalo yet give a free pass to the BRO writers who live in other parts of the country by choice.

thinkbuffalo, the argument is "made up" if you ignore the previous two years of steady suburbanite bashing by the community here at BRO. Your argument is akin to disproving global warming by saying it's a cold day in June.

Are you seriously going to sit there and tell me that there hasn't been a steady stream of suburb bashing here? Not necessarily by the authors, but by the community? If so, I'd like to join you wherever it is that you have your head in the sand...

Streetcar Suburbanite asked: " What's architecturally so special about this particular house? It's got a good degree ornamental glaze found on a lot of other houses in the city. Under that it's the same old wooden box found all over Buffalo. "

When I was a little girl, I used to work contstruction jobs with my father (he built houses from scratch ). I used to have to hand him the hammer when I was reall tiny, then I graduated to doing the insulation and finishing off the drywall. I watched those homes being carefully put together with woods, molding, fixtures, chandelliers, etc of a quality that cannot be found today in the average home. Even the modest homes were built with quality 2 by 4's and REAL peices of plywood , and real hardwood floors - not the pressed board used as plywood today -and that the fake- low quality flooring being put down in some homes. REAL brass that were works of art were used to make door knobs, knob plates, REAL copper piping, etc I've also watch the huge high price homes go up in Clarence, Orchard Park and even in the city and I've watched the prefab pressedboard walls being drooped off (all put together in advance some other location). I 've seen all the low quality materials and work being done on these $400,00 - $500,00 new homes and I ask myself WHY. Why do we have to be a world were we tear down perfectly good - probably better -quality made homes that have extreemely high quality features (big or small) instead of save things? Why do we have to distroy and consume at the pace that we do?and then replace with moderate quality? Why can't we try to save and treasure? I GUARANTEE you Streetcar Suburbanite--- under the ornamentaL glaze, it's not the same old wooden box - because they do not make houses like they used to anymore! I don't care how modest this one is!! I know because I've seen the it first hand from when the hole was dug till the roof was put on.

To Jefferson,DMD and Balth:

Thank you for your support. This is a subject that I feel excruciatingly passionate about.

There is a true lack of appreciation by SOME (not all) of the people of the world for the small things, the old things, everything – the beautiful resources we have. The first thing those people think of is DEMOLISH. I see it on this site everyday – demolish the grain elevators, demolish the homes, etc. Those people want to demolish, tear down, destroy, consume, replace, over and over again. Tear down – destroy – throw it out - consume – Tear down – consume - use up more materials. They don’t realize the value of what we have and that SOME DAY OUR SUPPLIES WILL RUN OUT! Maybe it won’t run out for them but it will for their children or grandchildren. Perhaps if they grew up poor – where just having a good stick to toss around or a nice tree to climb was a thrill (like I did) - there would be more of an appreciation for the precious supplies we have and this wouldn’t be such a demolish world.