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To: SilentZ who wrote (532234)	11/24/2009 12:04:11 PM
From: tejek	Respond to of 1576330

In any case, I still contend that corruption coupled with not remaining competitive and bad weather are the main problems causing upstate NY cities to lose population and industry. Z is back so he might weigh in with his views if he sees this post......he used to live in upstate NY. Well, at least in Albany, a lot of it is just poor planning... the suburbs have been allowed to sprawl out of hand (a lot of "white flight") while the poorest people are left in the cities, leaving the cities without much of a tax base, but still used heavily by those in the 'burbs. The cities are really left to fall apart with no plan for how to fix them other than to give money to politically connected developers that build boondoggles with no rhyme or reason. Yeah, the weather sucks, but a lot of people enjoy the seasons. Actually, I am talking metro, not cities. And keep in mind, Albany is doing the best of the upstate cities. The cities of Buffalo, Rochester, Syracuse and Utica have been in a slow downward spiral for decades. In the case of Buffalo, Utica and Syracuse, their suburbs are losing population as well as the cities. I think part of that is weather.......even Albany doesn't get the kind of snowfalls common around Buffalo-Syracuse....a hundred inches per winter. I think that plays a role. In addition, I think these cities have not remained competitive with other American cities.......they tend to be conservative in their approach to urban planning and urban dynamics. At least that's my view looking at them from 3k miles away.