I just moved back in August from the "oh so perfect, amazing" south Orange County, CA area after 13 years, and brought my California-born wife with me. We are loving it out here. I don't know what it is, but there is something special about Buffalo. My wife loves it, and that blows me away.  
  
I think its the sense of culture and people caring so much about the region. 
  
This retard belongs in St. Louis.