Minneapolis is too far inland to get the precipitation that Buffalo does. Boston is coastal so its cold weather is tempered by the oceanic effect. Buffalo is right in the sweet spot—a little inland but not so far that precipitation doesn’t reach it, plus it’s downwind of a Great Lake.

Buffalo is wicked cold, wicked windy, 92" annual snowfall. My daughter went to Syracusse University, accelerated her schedule to graduate in 3 years & that included one year at the University of Santiago, Chile. My mother was from upstate NY, left for California when she 20 YO. The autumn is beautiful tho.

yep. I moved to Minneapolis (voluntarily) and as cold and snowy as it is, I knew Buffalo would be worse.

Chicken wings, beer, and jumping through tables... for some reason.