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Originally Posted by Mutt
1.Buffalo, New York ............. deadest city in America 
In 1900, Buffalo was the eighth largest city in America. It was located on one of the busiest sections of the Erie Canal, the terminus of the canal on the Great Lakes. Thanks to its location, Buffalo had huge grain milling operations and one of the largest steel mills in the country. Buffalo prospered during WWII as did many northern industrial cities. After the WWII, the manufacturing plants returned to the production of cars and industrial goods. The population rose to more than 500,000 in the mid-1950s. It is half that today. Buffalo was wounded irreparably by the de-industrialization of America.
http://247wallst.com/2010/08/23/amer...o-new-orleans/
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I grew up just outside of Buffalo and have watched the city slowly go away. A few years ago, Buffalo had the record number of people moving out of its city each month.
Erie county has NO money, just none. A lot of what happens is that the WNY regions are hindered due to NYC and the taxes, medicaid, medicare, etc.
There has been much talk of the Buffalo Bills moving out of the city, one thought was Vegas a few years ago. If the Bills leave Buffalo, you can just close the city down completely.