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Albany, NY is a great place to visit for its many attractions and things to do. From its vibrant downtown core with its many restaurants, shops, and nightlife spots, to its beautiful parks, outdoor recreation areas, museums and historical sites; there is something to suit all tastes in the city. Visitors come from far and wide to experience Albany's culture and explore all it has to offer. Reviews of Albany are incredibly positive with visitors praising the city for its helpful and friendly locals, diverse attractions and activities, amazing historic sites, delicious food offerings, great entertainment options and attractive landscape. The city offers plenty of unique experiences that will leave you feeling fulfilled after your visit. Whether it's your first time in Albany or you've been here many times before; one thing that remains consistent is that it's a great place to visit!
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Albany - 6/7/2010
Albany is dismal, cold, has terribly long harsh winters, and the population includes a lot of very crabby unhappy people. It is without question the most godawful miserable place I've ever seen. The only thing worse is the cities around it! It is part of the postindustrial apocalypse of Troy, Schenecdtady and other towns.
Upstate NY was abandoned by something. The whole town in living in the distant past (the 19th and early 20th Centuries). The only nice things are the university, the low-cost (ghetto) of everything, and the architecture downtown, but it is a place in perpetual slum decline. Nothing could help it. The population has been fleeing and in the negative for years. Don't believe the optimistic reports.It's a place to go to college or visit, but definitely don't move there. The same goes for other towns like Syracuse NY.
You wouldn't want to walk around at night
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Lo w cost of living but not too horrible - 4/16/2010
Planning a move I on a fixed income presently and am seeking a small or medium city that isnt too horrible but cheap, as I sure you you can imagine
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Passive Terrorism Requires Military Intervention S - 7/13/2009
Another American Enlightned City To Avoid - So, where to go...?? Forget Albany, NY, unless you are uLtRa DiVeRsE and ready to turn any/all Cleaver Family people into the passive terrorist Station Chief if you're not uLtRa DiVeRsE and PeeSee -- so to be allowed, for example, to have a job. No joke. No Hyperbole. This kind of filthy devolved anti-American city_behavior is beneath shameful, disgusting and the perps should be brought up on hate crime charges. Why the comment about being single? You left us hanging
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Four Seasons - 5/31/2009
Albany is a nice city in upstate NY. The change of seasons is often quite dramatic especially when changing from summer to fall. The colors are magnificent in Autumn and all you have to do is look out your window or go for a
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Not a great place to live - 11/7/2008
The city of Albany old, poor and run down. The downtown is empty during the nights and weekends except for a couple of blocks where the bars are. The nightlife is populated with mostly poor and uneducated people. The college areas are run down and often referred to as the "student ghettos". Most people that work in Albany do not live in the city. Nearby suburban areas like Colonie actually have a larger population than Albany does. There is not much "city life", shopping is all in strip malls and large indoor malls. Other nearby cities like Troy and Schenectady are even more run down. The only good area near Albany is Saratoga which is about a 40 min drive north. The winters are long and tough - about 6 months out of the year you can get snowfall and we typically get about 2 or 3 large snowfalls a year (1/2-2ft of snow). It is cold and dry during the winter and summers last a blink of the eye and are typically humid. There is no where good to go during the summer, except for some
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Albany, NY - 10/28/2008
Albany has recently attracted several hi-tech companies in addition to the multi-billion dollar Nano-tech Center. Albany and the surrounding areas have been dubbed "Tech Valley," the Silicon Valley of the East Coast. Situated amongst five mountain ranges and very accessible to New York City, Boston, Montreal and Buffalo, New York State's Capital City is a great place to call home. The cost of living is very reasonable, the people are incredibly friendly, and several colleges and universities are found nearby. If you're looking for a great small big city that is growing every day, place value the outdoors and desire access to several major cities, Albany may be the perfect home for
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uhh iive never biin there .. buht - 10/9/2008
myy boiifrennd says iihtz great .. ii may go to a college there for journaliism .. and from the comments and movies ive read and seen new york seemz lyk a great place to live and sieze great oppurtuniitiies and really follow your BIG DREAMS .. ;) .. iid liive there any dayy !! ..mann ii should liive there lyk now
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Albany, New York. - 5/6/2008
Although it is fairly small as cities go it has a lot to offer. Albany not only has a very active array of small venues which offer live music, poetry readings and theater--it is within an easy ride to Boston and NYC. Better still, it's easy to escape to the country-- the Adirondacks and Catskill Mts are a stones throw
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