A Letter to New York Magazine's Editor
My favorite subscription-based magazine is New York Magazine (not to be confused with The New Yorker). Though nearly half of the weekly's pages are filled with ultra-cool things to buy and do in the Big Apple, the rest of it is chock full of great articles, interviews and pop culture ,Aeusound bites,Aeu.
It may seem like it, but this isn't an advertisement for New York Magazine. Instead it is a yet another story about a happy and satisfied Buffalonian, a New York Magazine reader named Wayne Geist.
I read NY Mag cover to cover. Last night I began thumbing through the new issue. As always, the first page of text is the ,AeuLetters,Aeu page. The first entry is a comment by Wayne Geist on a recent article called ,AeuIf You Lived Here, You,Aeod Be Cool Right Now,Aeu, by Adam Sternbergh. The article was basically about the trend of previously un-chic "neighborhoods" (like Brooklyn and Jersey City) gaining street cred, rising to the height of trendy and then (often) quickly tripping into the blas/(c). Wayne Geist, a recent transplant, had this to say,AeP.
,Aeu,AeP..Twenty-five years after returning to my native New York City after going to school at SUNY-Buffalo, I,Aeove moved back to Buffalo, a town with enough cool bars, shops and galleries to fill 10 Jersey City's. The real-estate values are amazing in this recently bottomed-out town. Downtown nightlife is growing, and many recent graduates, who in earlier decades would have been in a hurry to leave after graduation, are staying. With a dynamic new mayor (from Queens!), and with developers falling over themselves to convert downtown buildings, Buffalo is on the verge of a moment. It should last at least the 75 minutes it takes to fly here.,Aeu
-Wayne Geist, Buffalo, NY
Now, you may not agree with all of Geist's points or even the ,Aeutone,Aeu of the letter, but it's always great to see someone thinking about (and trumpeting) our city and our public image.
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Spandrel
Not only is it cool that someone managed to slip a pro-Buffalo sound bite into the profoundly self-congratulatory New York media environment, but the cover with all kinds of couples, including same-sex and interracial and grey-haired, is the best thing I've seen on a magazine in ages. Who knew that "New York" could be such a heart-warmer?
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Keith
It is great to see people trumpeting Buffalo. I still don't care what New Yorkers think about Buffalo however.
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BCB
More and more people are discovering the advantages of Buffalo especially from NYC. Try it you'll like it alot.
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Thanks for Buffalo moment. As a former NYer, I can honest say that Buffalo has it all over NYC, at least for me. Buffalo has incredible architecture, bargain real estate, wonderful people, great food, music, art, and most of all, the powerful sense of community I never felt in NYC. An added bonus: no one steals my garbage cans on a regular basis. On occasion, I do miss the NY bagels.
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Cynthia Hammond
Thanks for Buffalo moment. As a former NYer, I can honest say that Buffalo has it all over NYC, at least for me. Buffalo has incredible architecture, bargain real estate, wonderful people, great food, music, art, and most of all, the powerful sense of community I never felt in NYC. An added bonus: no one steals my garbage cans on a regular basis. On occasion, I do miss the NY bagels.
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