Buffalo has the bones of a major metro area. It just chooses not to be one. We allow failure after failure. But here’s the thing: you want big city amenities like keeping the Bills and Sabres? More MLB games maybe? Well then you have to do big city shit...

To see Buffalo left in the dust by Baltimore, Pittsburgh and Cleveland is worrisome but what’s REALLY scary is seeing Columbus, San Antonio, Richmond and others absolutely crush Buffalo in most metrics...

At some point, these cities are coming for your teams, your cultural institutions and remaining businesses.

The developers in Buffalo are small time. City government officials are thieves.

You want to be Toledo, fine. But if the region doesn’t start growing jobs and population in a MAJOR way, nothing will prevent the consequences of what comes. Or what we’ll lose.

I know I made a similar thread before making similar points. This one is meant to be more focused on what the area needs to be thinking about relative to being a “major league sports town.” Sorry if it’s uncomfortable to think about that.