MexicanYentaAnyone here currently living in Buffalo NY? I’m planning on moving there and would love to follow some locals.
Chris Vreeland@MexicanYenta @TheJen is somewhere in the region & just moved from NM.
@Devils_Rancher @TheJen ah, a bonus! Thanks!
TheJen will not comply@MexicanYenta @Devils_Rancher Howdy! Your handle seems really familiar. Did we follow each other on bird site? I was TheJenNMX there.
@Devils_Rancher @TheJen possibly - I’ve been off that site for many years now. Are you a mefite, by any chance?
@MexicanYenta @Devils_Rancher Not knowing what that is, I'll have to say no. Haha. Yeah, I've been off birdsite too for a good while. Idk.
@TheJen @Devils_Rancher ah, just wondered because that’s where I know @Devils_Rancher from.
Where in NM were you? And Texas? I’m down in Alamogordo, and I lived in Houston and Dallas.
@MexicanYenta @TheJen Y’all’s common trajectories is interesting, and I know you align politically- I could have been boosting your stuff into each other’s timeline.
Anyway, welcome to my sleeper cell, where the first rule is we don’t talk abou… dammit!
@Devils_Rancher @MexicanYenta HAAAAHAHAHA
It's very possible. Anyway, welcome. I am happy to help however I can. Not been up here long, but have learned a few things.
@TheJen @Devils_Rancher thanks! I’ve been stalking the Buffalo subreddit for several years now, so I feel like I know a lot about it, but I always have weird questions pop into my head. Like I do wonder about the quality of the Mexican food from the perspective of someone who’s had REAL Mexican food. 😆
@MexicanYenta @TheJen Mexican food is like the #2 question after the cost of rent/real estate. 🙂
@Devils_Rancher @TheJen and the cost of rent/real estate is one of the main reasons people choose Buffalo.
@MexicanYenta @TheJen I had a roommate from there in the early 80’s and he was a refugee from the lake effect snow. But Austin was really cheap and easy to live in back then.
@TheJen @Devils_Rancher and the snow now is not as bad as it used to be. Although this year has been pretty intense from what I’ve seen.
I stalk a webcam there mostly to watch the weather. 😁
I stalk a webcam there mostly to watch the weather. 😁
@MexicanYenta @Devils_Rancher We're closer to Rochester and I was expecting feet of the stuff. Nope. It's not nearly as bad as I expected. About the same as we got on the mountain.
@TheJen @Devils_Rancher oh, Rochester is my backup in case Buffalo doesn’t work out for some reason. I want to visit the farmers market there; it looks really nice!
@MexicanYenta @Devils_Rancher we haven't been yet but we got here in late summer last year. It's definitely on the itinerary.
@Devils_Rancher @TheJen I stalk a webcam in Rochester too. 😂
@MexicanYenta @Devils_Rancher But so far we really like it. We're in the country in a tiny little burgh with 1 stop light. It works for us. :)
@TheJen @MexicanYenta That sounds delightful. I have always lived in a big city but I’m aging out of the hustle and bustle.
@TheJen @Devils_Rancher I want a country house on a couple of acres, but right outside those two acres I want there to be a walkable neighborhood with coffee shops and music stores and Asian food. 😁
@MexicanYenta @Devils_Rancher All the houses are mostly old houses, they don't tear them down for mcmansions like in TX. There is definitely not the sprawl like that either. No planned communities, no subdivisions, nothing like that. My house was built in 1900 as was most of the ones here in this little community. These folks fix them up and just keep them updated.
@Devils_Rancher @TheJen yeah, I’ve noticed that and I love old houses, so that works for me. No HOA’s, either.
@MexicanYenta @Devils_Rancher Yeah, none of that nonsense.