all things considered, Albany is one of the best
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4/28/2007
Posts here sometimes talk about the high taxes and weather being bad. Yet, others talk about the schools being good. High taxes can sometimes = good schools. Other posts talk about the beauty of upstate NY, but the stagnation of job markets. Often, high job growth = lots of growth including suburban sprawl than many other areas = bland, crowded and ugly places. I can understand people's frustration with Albany and upstate NY (while it's good to keep in mind other people find it absolutely great), but, I can imagine that when some of the people with negative things to say about Albany get out to experience some other places "with lots of sunshine", "lots of jobs", "lots of growth", they might also find they'll likely have to pay "lots of money", wait for "lots of hours in traffic", will see "lots of Walmarts, peppered with lots of HomeDepots, and lots of strip malls", there aren't "lots of schools that are really any good for their kids", and finally find out that they spent "lots of years trying to find something that's better, but there's really not much better out there - Albany and upstate NY are actually quite nice just like they are and, basically nicer than most places out there in this age of special emphasis on grow grow grow, profit profit profit". And as for the people in NY, after years of living all over the country and world, it is nice to find people so honest, relatively easy to get to know, and keeping friends and family in mind while many other places' people are can be very self absorbed and surface.
Just 1 more perspective.
michael | Denver, CO