Life in Buffalo - A Great Place to Live
Buffalo, known as “the City of Good Neighbors,” is a wonderful place to live. Its perfect summer weather is enjoyed with a variety of festivals, outdoor concerts and theater, and golf, fishing, boating, swimming. Winter is embraced by lovers of good skiing, sledding, and ice skating. All year long, Western New Yorkers love to explore the area’s many award-winning and affordable fine dining restaurants. Buffalonians also adore their professional sports teams, as well as the city’s arts scene, including a vibrant theater district and world-class architecture, arts museums, and philharmonic.
To help you to get to know Buffalo for yourself, we have created this page of useful links.
Buffalo NiagaraFinding a New Home
The region’s official web site for tourism. Great for information on the arts, activities, festivals, shopping, etc.
Everything Buffalo
News and events in and around Buffalo
Classic Buffalo
Especially good for local culture, traditions and fun activities
Relocation InformationRural Living
The Buffalo Niagara Enterprise (BNE) is a nonprofit, development and regional marketing organization promoting the Buffalo Niagara region as the ideal place for businesses. This Web site has lots of useful information for people thinking of relocating to our area, such as this page on where to live in and around Buffalo, average commuting time and indexes for costs of living and housing.
Canisius College, Employer Assisted Housing Program
Check out this great way to save money on a nice home in an urban neighborhood close to campus.
Search for Apartments
This site plots available housing on an interactive map, so that seekers can easily find housing near their desired location. It even shows nearby grocery stores, public transportation, and other amenities.
If urban or suburban living is not for you, consider living in a small town or farming community. There are many options in our region that will still keep your commute to campus to less than an hour. Here are a few examples:
To the North:Buying and Renting
Wilson, NY (marina on Lake Ontario, orchards)
50 minutes Estimated Distance: 28 miles
To the East:
Akron, NY (farming, horses)
37 minutes Estimated Distance: 23 miles
To the South:
Boston, NY (skiing, farmland)
37 minutes Estimated Distance: 29 miles
These web sites will help you begin the process of researching home prices and finding a realtor.
BuffaloNiagaraHomes.comSchools
Buffalo Relocation Information
The local resources section of this page includes updated links for renters and buyers of homes and apartments.
Guide to SchoolsReligious Institutions
This site is produced and updated annually by a local newspaper, Business First and contains information and rankings for public and private schools in Western New York at all levels.
Higher education
This site contains two reports published by the Buffalo Niagara Enterprise
Once you have found a home, use the Yellow Pages Web site to find a church, synagogue or mosque near you.
Some of the churches, synagogues or mosques in our region.
Roman Catholic churches and schools