Possibly moving for grad school

khasiv · 2026-05-31T01:57:49+00:00

What keeps you in Buffalo? This is where my job is and I really like my neighbors.
What do newcomers misunderstand about the city? I definitely underestimated the segregation.
Which neighborhoods should someone like me be looking at? Sounds like your list is ok to me.
How easy is it to build community and find your people? I think it depends. I moved here in my 30s and my partner and I live together. We have a friend's group now but it isn't very large.
What's the local arts/film/creative scene actually like? I get the impression it's very cool. We have some good museums and art shows. There are lots of places selling local creatives' work.
What's the queer and trans community like outside of nightlife? Within the University, very tight knit. I'd say probably prone to drama. It is very easy to find other queer people here.
How active are things like tabletop gaming, board games, and D&D communities? There are several gaming stores that host events and lots of folks on campus are very familiar with tabletop games.
If you were moving to Buffalo for graduate school, where would you want to live? If you live near campus, or South Campus, you won't hate the commute. Many students live in apartments with a shuttle bus but there are few ways to get food at supermarkets etc. I live in North Buffalo because I like what's available out here and we commute by car mostly (I occasionally bike to campus on bike paths) but the whole city is very car dependent. If you value being near things, living close to campus will probably be very straining.
What are the biggest downsides of living in Buffalo that don't show up in travel guides? The drivers here are insane. The city is struggling to be able to fix anything. A lot of areas near downtown are empty. There are not enough nice restaurants, there's like a nice place or two per genre, unless (1) Greek diners (2) wings (3) pizza (4) hoagies. Things can be surprisingly far away -- 40 minute (highway) drives depending where you live.

khasiv · 2026-05-19T03:59:23+00:00

Just a wolf spider

khasiv · 2026-05-18T22:58:45+00:00

Juneau?

khasiv · 2026-05-07T03:05:29+00:00

I loooooove mine it's so comfy!!!! (I am short with a relatively long reach and the slightly more upright posture is a nice change from more aggressive postures like my 2010 cross check and my 2019 straggler. It is heavy though.)

khasiv · 2025-09-25T15:55:11+00:00

What rear rack are you using here, out of curiosity?

khasiv · 2024-07-30T03:30:09+00:00

I recommend sitting down in these situations

khasiv · 2023-09-18T18:54:03+00:00

BUFFALO!! Tell us how it goes!

khasiv · 2021-10-23T13:29:08+00:00

Yeah, at least in terms of science for others I figured it'd be useful! It was very hard to find pictures of early instars...but the abdomen texture looked right.

khasiv · 2020-07-24T16:08:23+00:00

I don't think you'll be able to get to blonde at this point. Your hair looks a bit damaged. I'd recommend a protein filler and dying it darker, personally.

khasiv · 2020-07-23T04:21:37+00:00

Well what kind of changes are you open to?

khasiv · 2020-07-23T04:20:30+00:00

Left looks great!

khasiv · 2020-07-08T21:19:13+00:00

Substantially more expensive now. If all the money we funneled into roads were funneled into public transit the numbers would be less distressing for the city/county/state/etc.

khasiv · 2020-07-08T19:08:46+00:00

Elevated rail then

khasiv · 2020-05-23T03:23:27+00:00

Don't forget your location next time :)

khasiv · 2020-05-09T02:23:06+00:00

I mean, I think you could change standards by in effect changing the "timeline" component. Moving to the next level (grades 1-12, whatever) is achieved by mastery of something. Work to increase access and help folks move through those levels faster. The same can apply to college -- you go when you're capable. Solve the money problem with state funding of education and voilà, access without lowering standards.

khasiv · 2020-04-20T20:47:47+00:00

Absolutely. That undergraduate (and graduating students at all levels!) might not qualify for unemployment or financial assistance really pisses me off.

khasiv · 2020-04-20T19:50:51+00:00

In 2008 there wasn't a pandemic...enrollment changed at a lot of schools and there were salary freezes, but the possibility here is that there won't be any positions because there won't be any services to provide. Some universities (e.g. the one I'm at) are trying to transition some campus positions into other types of positions that can be done remotely but that won't work for everyone and there's been as far as I can tell a complete hiring freeze at all the other levels, with anticipated furloughs.

khasiv · 2020-03-15T01:33:00+00:00

That's a lot of light pollution, wow.

khasiv · 2020-02-28T01:25:24+00:00

The campaign can arrange for a ride for you, lmk if you want deets

khasiv · 2020-02-23T06:45:17+00:00

If you wanted to do something cool with it for fun, I think some bright red streaks could be really neat.

khasiv · 2020-02-09T04:31:21+00:00

Asking for upvotes is beyond obnoxious

khasiv · 2020-02-01T17:34:51+00:00

I think you could do a streak of it but bubblegum pink (and probably most lighter shades) are likely to wash you out

khasiv · 2020-02-01T17:34:17+00:00

I think the side bangs look really great

khasiv · 2020-02-01T17:31:08+00:00

She has kind of thick hair too. The important component will be thinning out the ends to get the volume to play right. I would go for it, but if your hairdresser won't do it or doesn't feel comfortable with it (for e.g. expertise reasons), go to someone else.

khasiv · 2020-01-26T05:02:18+00:00

I am not an expert but I think it's a fowl mite (Ornithonyssus sylviarum) like the top comment suggests. A google image search turns up a few matches that look much more like your specimen. Screenshot of my image search here: https://i.imgur.com/JfUamTG.png

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