Reviews & Comments
Syracuse, NY
Don't Believe the Cranks -
7/10/2010Silly crazies like that should really just move. Very little of what "K" says is true. If you have a skill and a college degree this is a great town, plus all the little surrounding villages are great. It's an amazing place to raise a family. I've lived in Henderson, NV; Clarksville, TN; and am originally from Los Angeles CA. Believe me when I tell you, this is a great place. The 4 seasons, especially fall are gorgeous, and if you like winter sports this place is just awsome.
The funny thing about CNY is that most of the people that love it actually have moved here from other places and really appreciate it. The people that hate it usually have never been anywhere else. Read into that what you will.
Syracuse, NY
Some people are overly dramatic. -
6/28/2007Having lived all over the U.S. (originally from Los Angeles, then three years around Clarksville TN, two years in Vegas, several months near Virgina Beach and short stints in Arizona and Utah) I can tell you that Syracuse is a nice place to live. All cities have the high crime areas, Syracuse's is the south side. Most of the city is fairly nice. Like ,most cities the majority of the metropolitan area's population live in the suburbs and they are beautiful. Clean, good air and water quality, and crime is nonexistant.
As for the weather we average about 160 sunny days. We do get rain here but not as much as Seattle. We also average something like 120 inches of snow in the winter but getting around isn't really a problem. I commute about 40 miles round trip and haven't had a problem yet but there are about ten or twelve nasty days of driving during the Winter. However the seasons are beautiful here. I always get a couple of face cords of wood at the end of the summer and look forward to having a fire going in the fireplace when the weather turns cold. We also had a short Winter this year and so far a bit less rain then normal.
Jobs are on par or a little better then the national average. However the area is moving away from manufacturing jobs and toward professional or white-collar jobs. Some of the best employers are the local universities and the hospitals. There are also a good deal of IT, financial and research jobs in the area as well as Lockheed Martin.
Syracuse is a great place to live. It has won lots of those silly little awards magazines give to to cities including making Parenting Magazine's list of top ten cities to raise a kid, and having one of it's suburbs (Manlius) listed as one of the best places to live in the U.S. by Money Magazine.
Baldwinsville, NY
Nice little village -
1/18/2007First a little about me. I was born and raised in Los Angeles, California. I joined the Army at the age of 21 and spent 7 years in it. I moved here in the summer of 2005 from Henderson, Nevada. Before that I lived in Giebelstadt, Germany and before that Clarksville, Tennessee.
Baldwinsville is a quaint little community located along the Senneca River just northwest of Syracuse. The school system is great and the village is an active communtiy that has several different festivals through out the year including a summer concert series held on Paper Mill Island, which is the site of a real amphitheater.
The only real draw back is that the area is developing quickly. I've only lived here for a year and a half and I already notice an increase in traffic.
Overall I am really pleased with the area and consider it a much nicer area then Las Vegas and Henderson. Oh and one neat thing about CNY is that it has a supprisingly large wine industry, and there are several great regional micro breweries.
Syracuse, NY
Living in Syracuse -
6/24/2006 Hi, my name is Russ. First I should tell you that I was born and raised in Los Angeles. I joined the Army at the age of 21 and after I got out I moved to Las Vegas. I lived in Vegas, actually Henderson, for about 3 years then moved to the Syracuse area. I now live in Baldwinsville, a small suburb of Syracuse about 15 minutes northwest of the city.
First the property tax, this is New York so the property tax is pretty high when compared to other places. I believe that it is 3.3% at the moment. That being said, you should know that most houses are assessed at a much lower price they are actually sold at. For instance in Radisson which is a planned community in Baldwinsville, the yearly tax paid on a $220,000.00 home is about $6700.00 a year. Next the utilities, which are very cheap here, you can get phone service, cable TV and the internet from Time Warner for about $130.00 a month. Natural Gas prices are on par with most of the country and electricity is quite a bit cheaper then California. For that information you can check out www.nationalgridus.com/niagramowhawk/
The weather is quite interesting. Syracuse is the usual winner of the Golden Snow Ball Award. We average around 120 inches of snow a year, but it’s really not that bad. The only really cold months are January and February. The lowest temperature that I have seen is 7 degrees and that was only for a few nights. The average winter temperature is around 24 degrees, with days being warmer and the nights obviously colder. Around Christmas time last year the day time temps were getting up into the high 30’s low 40’s. The spring, summer, and fall are beautiful, and the summers here are temperate and fun. For some of the more popular summer activities you can check out www.sylvanbeachny.com or do a web search on Casanovia or Skaneateles. We also have several amusement and water parks nearby. The humidity here in the summer is about the same as what you would find in or around Vista or Escondido, California.
I should also mention the many festivals and wine trails that we have in the area, like the Dickens Christmas they have in Skaneateles in December, the Great New York State Fair in July. There are too many to list. Here’s a website that can provide some more information on the fun things to do in the area www.fingerlakes.org. If you like wine or beer and holidays this is a great place to live and it is quite a bit cheaper than California or Nevada.
One more thing
Syracuse, NY
Syracuse is a great place to live. -
6/24/2006 Hi, my name is Russ. First I should tell you that I was born and raised in Los Angeles. I joined the Army at the age of 21 and after I got out I moved to Las Vegas. I lived in Vegas, actually Henderson, for about 3 years then moved to the Syracuse area. I now live in Baldwinsville, a small suburb of Syracuse about 15 minutes northwest of the city.
First the property tax, this is New York so the property tax is pretty high when compared to other places. I believe that it is 3.3% at the moment. That being said, you should know that most houses are assessed at a much lower price they are actually sold at. For instance in Radisson which is a planned community in Baldwinsville, the yearly tax paid on a $220,000.00 home is about $6700.00 a year. Next the utilities, which are very cheap here, you can get phone service, cable TV and the internet from Time Warner for about $130.00 a month. Natural Gas prices are on par with most of the country and electricity is quite a bit cheaper then California. For that information you can check out www.nationalgridus.com/niagramowhawk/
The weather is quite interesting. Syracuse is the usual winner of the Golden Snow Ball Award. We average around 120 inches of snow a year, but it’s really not that bad. The only really cold months are January and February. The lowest temperature that I have seen is 7 degrees and that was only for a few nights. The average winter temperature is around 24 degrees, with days being warmer and the nights obviously colder. Around Christmas time last year the day time temps were getting up into the high 30’s low 40’s. The spring, summer, and fall are beautiful, and the summers here are temperate and fun. For some of the more popular summer activities you can check out www.sylvanbeachny.com or do a web search on Casanovia or Skaneateles. We also have several amusement and water parks nearby. The humidity here in the summer is about the same as what you would find in or around Vista or Escondido, California.
I should also mention the many festivals and wine trails that we have in the area, like the Dickens Christmas they have in Skaneateles in December, the Great New York State Fair in July. There are too many to list. Here’s a website that can provide some more information on the fun things to do in the area www.fingerlakes.org. If you like wine or beer and holidays this is a great place to live and it is quite a bit cheaper than California or Nevada.
One more thing