Any one live in the Syracuse, NY area?

According to the news, they are getting lots of snow right now. 😁

Ds just told me that a ginormous chip plant is being built there. It's a $billion plus job.

That's all I have. ☺

I live in the suburbs of a Syracuse. I’m just heading out the door to grocery shop and run errands but I’ll come back later and respond in more detail. There are definitely a few other peas in this area so hopefully they’ll chime in as well.

Malibou is correct about the chip plant - definitely big news for the area!

We’re 2+ hours from Buffalo so not experiencing the terrible storm thank goodness. Generally (or at least the last time I saw the stats) Syracuse does average about 20 more inches of snow than Buffalo annually, though.

Electronics chips - the company building here is Micron.

Electronics.

I’m not from Syracuse, so take this with a grain of salt.

Syracuse gets a lot of ‘nuisance snow’ from lake effect snows ( different lake than buffalo ) so they get a lot of coating to 2” and it adds up. It’s like that afternoon thunderstorm thing in Florida they get used to it and it doesn’t really register to them until it’s ‘real snow’. So Syracuse area people don’t think they get ‘a lot’ of snow, but it seems to be snowing rather often. Not being from the area I thought it was a lot of snow because it was snowing a coating like every other day. So to this outsider it seemed like it was always snowing & the ground was always slippery because no one does anything about it until it’s ‘real snow’ plus todays tiny coating of snow covered yesterdays ice so you can’t see it. Oh and the wind can be very bitter too. Not as bad as Rochester but damn cold at times.

Nice town, & really nice surrounding area if you can handle bitter cold winters.

I grew up not too far from Syracuse, and my family still lives there so I visit frequently. Another great thing about Syracuse is that it is very affordable (depending on where you are moving from, of course). The airport is small but very easy to manage; I love flying in and out when I visit family - SO MUCH easier than O'Hare, my home airport! There is a lot of natural beauty in the surrounding areas. Many of the suburban public schools are excellent; I don't know much about the Catholic schools but I'm sure there are some good ones too. The biggest challenge is the winter weather, but if you can deal with that, I'd say give Syracuse some serious consideration!

I was born and raised in Syracuse. While I haven't lived there in over 20 years, I still have family and friends there and visit pretty often.

Syracuse and Central NY are in a beautiful area that experiences the four seasons. In and of itself, Syracuse is not a pretty city. Unless it's changed a LOT, downtown is pretty much dead. If you're a sun worshipper/lover, Syracuse is not the place for you. On average, Syracuse gets more snow than Buffalo and Rochester. Syracuse experiences a LOT of days with gray, cloudy weather all year round. (A Dr I formerly worked with who moved to Syracuse from California had lights in his office he'd sit under to prevent seasonal affect disorder.) One positive of all the gray weather is that people are often really happy on sunny days!

I know people that have graduated from Bishop Ludden, Bishop Grimes and CBA and all received good educations. I've not heard that education from these schools have deteriorated any in the recent years. High school football is nothing like it is in TX. Syracuse University sports are big.

Syracuse is not as safe as it used to be as crime has been increasing. That said, I don't feel unsafe when I'm there (however, I lived 20+ years in NYC).

There's not really a lot to keep kids occupied unless they like sports, especially in the winter. There are beautiful parks, and a fair amount of outdoor activities. Summers in NY are great, fall is beautiful, but the winters can be lonnnnnggggggg.

Syracuse is ideally located, about 2 hours to Rochester/Buffalo, Albany, Pennsylvania, the Adirondacks, the St. Lawrence River and Canada. The Finger Lakes are beautiful as are the 1000 Islands area, the Adirondacks and Niagara Falls (and Letchworth).

Major grocery stores are Wegmans, Price Chopper, Tops and Aldi. As has been stated, there is a Trader Joe's on the East side and Costco on the west side. I believe there are two BJ's--one north/northwest and one east. There is no Sam's Club. I think there's only one Chick-fil-a, if that's your thing. There's two Kohl's, one Macy's and no JCPenney. You'll often have to drive a bit to shop.