Secrets of Living in Buffalo- things you’d probably never know if you didn’t live here.

1- The only mall worth going to is the Galleria, but there are actually 3 others in the area.
2- There are actual buffalo in Delaware Park.
3- We have 4 distinct seasons- winter gets into the negatives, summer can be 100 degrees, and fall and spring actually exist. Leaves turn in the fall, April showers come in spring, the whole she-bang.
4- Everyone gets excited the first time it snows.
5- We don’t always have snow on Christmas. In fact, it’s a nice surprise if we do.
6- No one bothers with the few strip clubs here, the Canadian ballet is only 20 minutes away and you get to see a lot more.
7- It’s always confusing when a Buffalonian goes to a zoo in another city and sees people taking pictures of Canadian geese in an exhibit. They just wander around here. So do turkeys.
8- Buffalo is 9 hours from Manhattan. We’re not next-door neighbors and no one ever goes there for the hell of it. Stop asking.
9- General Mills’ factory is here and the city always smells like Cheerios when you drive down the 190. It’s delicious.
10- Chicken wings are one of the easiest recipes to replicate, and no other city can seem to manage it. Stop making it so complicated and maybe we’ll start eating them in other cities.
11- Anchorbar is not the best place to get wings. Even though it’s famous and the “birthplace of wings,” Duff’s is better.
12- Buffalo’s nickname “the Queen City” is actually in reference to Chicago being the King City, not New York.
13- It is common, and perfectly acceptable, to live with your parents into your mid twenties.
14- Seeing Niagara Falls is not worth a honeymoon to Buffalo. Yes, they’re amazing. No, there’s not much else to do once you’ve seen them.
15- As long as you stay in the city you’re pretty safe from traffic tickets,speeding tickets, etc. step into the suburbs, where outsiders are frowned upon, and you’ll get a ticket before you even know your phone has rung.
16- We have the best late night food ever. Period.