Talk about depressed… July 6, 2006
Posted by spacemom in : Nance, Travel , trackbackOn Saturday night, I went to Buffalo, NY. This is the area I grew up in. My sister was having her 40th birthday party, and I found a cheap fare, so hey, why not?
This was an odd trip. It was 32 hours long. That’s pretty short. In that time I did the following:
- Played with my niece and nephews
- Talked to my parents who came up for the party.
- Talked with my uncle who I rarely see
- Visited with my sister’s mother in law who has finally decided that it’s okay that Dr. Jay is Jewish
- Visited my best friend Becky.
- Played Pokemon with her kids
- Had an impromptu birthday party for my friend Julie who now lives in Houston, but visits during the summer.
- Got into a car accident on the trip back to my sister’s, by a kid who just got his license.
- Had about 3 hours of sleep before going to the airport
- Picked up a cold that rivals almost any summer cold I have had.
Wow, what a busy trip.
The interesting part of all of this is how depressed the whole Western New York region looked. Some places I was familiar with growing up were now falling apart. The paint peeling, the roofs were weak. Cars looked older than I see in Boston. The area left me feeling sad.
On the way to visit Becky, I saw a sign "Make this a funner summer". I wanted to scream. This is common. And we wonder why our kids don’t know how to use English correctly.
I was pretty surprised by how dumpy everything looked and felt to me.
I wonder if you really can’t go back home…
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I was born in Niagara Falls, NY and I agree it is just a little depressing now. Sad.
Boston is gorgeous. It’s pretty difficult for Buffalo to compete with that. Kind of like how I felt about Cleveland versus Vancouver. Except in reverse (home turned out to be beautiful after all).