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Home is what you make it. When I moved out of the Upper West Side, Manhattan, 2 blocks from Central Park, some people thought we were crazy to leave the "greatest city in the world". But we had had enough of that type of living, for many different reasons.
We're in Charlotte now and we couldn't be happier. CLT used to be a drive and depart type of place, but it's now growing in leaps and bounds. Yet every now and then you'll run into someone who tells you what a sihthole Charlotte is/was/will be.
Bottom line, if you're a miserable cuss, it doesn't matter where you are- you carry your misery with you.
 
To be fair, many people in many cities commute that distance every day for work (including me).

45 mins is definitely close enough to claim for the 'Cuse.

While I agree, this ignores the mind set of those that live in smaller communities. When I lived in Chicago, my commute on the ele or taking Lakeshore Drive to the Loop in the morning was about 40 to 45 minutes. I lived about 8 miles away near Wrigley. This was considered a short commute compared to those that lived in the burbs.

When I moved back to Wisconsin, my commute again was about 45 minutes. This time, however, I lived a little over 35 miles from work. People were amazed I would drive this far everyday.

I grew up in a small town (pop. 3,500) on Lake Michigan. I had friends that other than for school trips or athletic events never went further than Green Bay - 30 miles. My wife grew up in a small town near Lake Ontario, about an hour from both Syracuse and Rochester. She had never been to NYC until she came with me while I was a student at SU. Her 37 year old sister still has never been. When your entire world is no more than 15 minutes away, it is amazingly the sense of provincialism that exists.
 
To be fair, many people in many cities commute that distance every day for work (including me).

45 mins is definitely close enough to claim for the 'Cuse.
I'm not saying 45 minutes isn't close enough to Claim for the 'Cuse? I'm saying the Turning Stone isn't close enough to the city of Syracuse to claim it as part of the city.
 
dino bbq, shiftys, tipp hill, blue tusk, alto cinco (Westcott street), the otro on warren, danzers, delmonicos, tullys

Danzers shut down a few years ago.
 
These aren't big crowds

That's kind of what I was getting at in my OP. The fact that we had 21,600 human beings willing to watch two teams completely outside of the NCAA tourney conversation right now is just unbelievable.

What other schools could pull that off? Kentucky, Kansas, maybe Louisville and Indiana. That's the entire list out of 347 programs.
 
That's kind of what I was getting at in my OP. The fact that we had 21,600 human beings willing to watch two teams completely outside of the NCAA tourney conversation right now is just unbelievable.

What other schools could pull that off? Kentucky, Kansas, maybe Louisville and Indiana. That's the entire list out of 347 programs.
I posted about this earlier in the season. You are 100% correct. These actually are big crowds for 99.9% of the country. It is honestly remarkable what has been built in Syracuse. The fact you can get 30,000 people for a Monday night game is something we shouldn't take for granted.
 
Just for the sake of defending the antagonizer, who is being a bit harsh - Syracuse does kind of suck (for certain reasons). :)

I love it, but I went to school here. I'm not sure if you lack any tangible connection (i.e. didn't grow up upstate, go to school upstate, etc...) that you could get much joy out of it - unless you really love drive and depart type living. There is nothing wrong with that if it's your thing btw.

It's got to be one of the least walk-able cities you could find. Also, the way they tore down James Street, etc...has left the city with little of the history that give people a warm-fuzzy feeling. Even the campus is easily one of the worst if you're just a visitor/civilian you could ever witness at a legit school. Which isn't to say people don't love it, but if you're driving in from Madison, WI, or somewhere like that, you're jaw probably drops at the sight of it. lol

Anyway, this is more for an off-topic thread. I love Syracuse, think it has a lot of potential, and I do like the way downtown is revitalizing, Armory Square is fine, people are moving in as fast as housing can go up, so I think the tide is turning, which is awesome, but that's my perspective on the city. :) If you're a sociable person though, and have friends, it's great. Anywhere is if you have that stuff though.

What are you saying about the SU campus? Are you saying it sucks?
 

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