I really like both Boston and NY, but you are dead on. After the Sabres beat the bruins in the playoffs a few years back the curly haired boyfriend at the globe wrote a hack piece about how miserable Buffalo is. No point to it other than buffalo sucks. Basically, Boston has a huge inferiority complex because they aren't New York. People in Buffalo don't sit around and piss on Schenectady, but the people in Boston can't help themselves.