Sasha's commentary for May 9, 2013

It seems that once the year 1950 rolled around, bad luck started to affect the city of Buffalo.

It seems that WIVB, despite being one of Buffalo's news stations, is quite pessimistic. "Buffalo ranks as a city that should quit [professional] sports". Sure, their teams have pathetic losing records, but c'mon, it's all the town has these days. Buffalo really needs a turnaround artist.

And New York as a whole doesn't rank well: we're the second worst state to do business in. Does Governor Cuomo read the news? If not, I'll send him a letter suggesting he do so, and if he does, then do something about it! There's not going to be a New York left if he doesn't. Living in New York has the same feeling of being in love with a drug abuser. It's hard and you want to help them, also out of loyalty, but at the same time, you feel as if you want to leave them. New York is my home, and I feel I have an obligation to fix my home, not leave home. If it weren't for that I'm not 30 yet, I'd run for Governor myself.

If I was Governor Cuomo, I'd declare a state of emergency on Western New York, just to get the luster back into the place. Bring some hipsters in. Sure, they're as annoying as sin, but they tend to make crapholes livable. I don't think Buffalo is a craphole, it just needs some TLC. At least Buffalo has some of the cheapest airfares in the nation. Of course there are cities as big as Buffalo that have twice the air service.