‘Being away from his native Mississippi didn’t bother Hull. Instead, he got to love western New York. Except for the heaps of snow that dump on Buffalo every winter, Hull said western New York is a lot like Mississippi. “When people in the South think New York, they think New York City,” Hull said. “But western and upstate New York has very friendly people much like the Delta with strong emphasis on farming. People don’t know that farmers in New York grow soybeans and corn. It’s a huge agricultural community. As for the snow, you adapt to it. We’ve all had good times in the snow up there.”‘