Comment 81391

By jason (registered) | Posted October 03, 2012 at 10:33:07 in reply to Comment 81385

doing some reading while here....the economy has really been hit, like most of the country, yet young people keep flocking. Researchers say they are lured by the quality of life. Lack of jobs is why Portland has the highest number of start-ups and entrepreneurs per capita than any city in America. People want to be here and will take less money to do so. I met a young guy in a trendy hood from Buffalo. Got chatting. He said he came here for the 'opportunity' and to 'ride my bike all year'. I asked about job market (he was trying to sign people up to vote on the street), he said it's not good, but nor was Buffalo's. Said he likes what's starting to happen in Buffalos urban core, but (every Hamiltonian needs to pay attention to this next part) he was tired of waiting around for the city to get it's act together and make urban revitalization a priority! Wow. Where have we heard those warnings?

He took great pains to praise Buffalo, but still said I'm only young once and want to have a good quality of life.

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