re: #288 lawhawk

Pittsburgh and Rochester are doing relatively well weathering the rust belt woes because they transitioned to high technology and medical sciences, and made aggressive use of their highly skilled workforce. Buffalo has done poorly and hasn’t figured out a way to transition from industry to services.

Right. There’s a helluva lot more to what drives an economy than what Rick Perry would have you believe: taxes and taxes alone.

As for Buffalo, a lucky accident of geography might help it come back. It appears some Toronto companies are beginning to move American operations there, to take advantage of the low cost, the nearby location, and the weakening of the greenback relative to the loonie.