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Man, buffalo and pittsburgh must be doing something special compared to the rest of the rust belt? I wonder what's going on there.
by geogra4 9y ago
Man, buffalo and pittsburgh must be doing something special compared to the rest of the rust belt? I wonder what's going on there.
- aphextron 9y agoPittsburgh has a thriving tech and financial sector, driven by CMU and PNC respectively. Buffalo has never quite been part of the "rust belt", they're more east coast. They have lot of stable government employment because of New York state.
- protomyth 9y agoDoesn't Buffalo benefit by being right across from Toronto?
- temp-dude-87844 9y agoSurprisingly, no. Though the Buffalo areas' ports of entry draw about as much cross-border traffic as Detroit (but not including Port Huron-Sarnia also in Michigan), Toronto's proximity to Buffalo is not often felt. A few trade and investment groups have been working in the last 15 years to attract Canadian companies to Buffalo with good success, but largely Canada's influence grows towards Michigan and approaching Chicago, and it's the US' influence that grows along the Niagara border into Canada's Greater Toronto area.
- lazerpants 9y agoUPMC is the largest employer in Pittsburgh. There's a ton of healthcare work there that pays pretty well.
- Zigurd 9y agoBuffalo, Pittsburgh, Providence, and others have started from a low baseline. Many are still very affordable.