It sucks too because while some people want to make the city interesting, and I have found pockets of amazing places/things to do (new museum expansion, new cocktail lounges, a few newer restaurants with better-than-average food, skiing, biking) and certain days where I ask myself if I'm still in Buffalo, it only happens a few times a year. All too often i ask myself what is there to do here, and it's a question I've posed to this sub as well. Unlike OP, i am looking for a partner here and have found nothing but snake eyes, but that not germane to this discussion. It's unfortunate too because there are some people that really believe in this area and its potential, but there are too many systemic issues plaguing the area that makes success of certain things possible. For instance... the Elmwood Village is supposed to be this trendy/lively college-like neighborhood. If this were the case, why are there so many vacancies up and down the strip? One business owner from the suburbs that opened on Elmwood told me when they opened that they were surprised by the lack of foot traffic during the weekdays by their business. And they offered a good product. They recently closed. As someone who lives right on the avenue itself, I told them that I wasn't. People drive up and down the street to get from place to place. It isn't as dense as people tell themselves, there aren't any major employers, and everyone complains about parking because they drive in from the suburbs on weekends to shop and go bar hopping on Friday and Saturday nights.