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Yeah, I meant like the Buffalo, Rochester, Syracuse snow belt, I'm currently in Rochester. These pretty much fit the diluted version of a big city perfectly, a lot of the negatives and very few of the positives.

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Rochester is a mutated, overgrown town, to which you are totally right in that it has almost all the negatives and a few, if any of hte positives.

Having went to school in a rural area v. living on Long Island (which is relatively urban), I can say I MUCH, MUCH prefer what LI has to offer v. a rural area. I think places like LI and Westchester are the best compromise, the only problem is they are a little expensive.