# Congrats Amherst **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [July 12, 2010, 7:49am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/congrats-amherst/157729 "2010-07-12T07:49:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![JayS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jays/32/15375_2.png) [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2010, 7:49am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/congrats-amherst/157729/1 "2010-07-12T07:49:56Z")
[http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/bplive/2010/snapshots/CS3602000.html](http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/bplive/2010/snapshots/CS3602000.html) Made #42 of Money’s list of America’s 100 best small cities. :tup: ---
**Author:** ![ProgRocker](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/progrocker/32/5434_2.png) [@ProgRocker](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ProgRocker)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2010, 7:51am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/congrats-amherst/157729/2 "2010-07-12T07:51:56Z")
Median family income (per year) $86,531 Didn’t think it was that high?!? Good For Buffalo/Amherst/WNY ---
**Author:** ![Motocrossx23](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/motocrossx23/32/5120_2.png) [@Motocrossx23](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Motocrossx23)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2010, 8:03am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/congrats-amherst/157729/3 "2010-07-12T08:03:59Z")
No, not good for Buffalo. Good for Amherst for not associating itself with that shithole city it’s next to. ---
**Author:** ![OfficerK](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/4da419/32.png) [@OfficerK](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/OfficerK)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2010, 8:07am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/congrats-amherst/157729/4 "2010-07-12T08:07:08Z")
> [@Motocrossx23](#): > > No, not good for Buffalo. > > Good for Amherst for not associating itself with that shithole city it’s next to. lol so true Think the last numbers I saw showed that Amherst has more residents than the City of Buffalo ---
**Author:** ![boardjnky4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/96bed5/32.png) [@boardjnky4](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boardjnky4)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2010, 8:13am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/congrats-amherst/157729/5 "2010-07-12T08:13:11Z")
ya’ll are probably better off saying goodbye to city of buffalo and embracing the amherst growth. Maybe someday it will grow large enough to take over downtown buffalo or something. ---
**Author:** ![ubengineering](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ubengineering/32/5171_2.png) [@ubengineering](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ubengineering)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2010, 8:24am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/congrats-amherst/157729/6 "2010-07-12T08:24:32Z")
an amherst police officer was in one of my gfs communications classes last year at buff state and she was told (well the class was) that the town pays whomever is in charge to alter the crime ratings to be lower than they actually are ---
**Author:** ![Motocrossx23](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/motocrossx23/32/5120_2.png) [@Motocrossx23](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Motocrossx23)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2010, 8:26am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/congrats-amherst/157729/7 "2010-07-12T08:26:01Z")
Let’s be honest though, even altered they are still better than Buffalo’s ---
**Author:** ![OfficerK](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/4da419/32.png) [@OfficerK](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/OfficerK)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2010, 8:33am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/congrats-amherst/157729/8 "2010-07-12T08:33:08Z")
They aren’t paid to alter them…but rather they alter how they report certain crimes (or don’t report them) so that they don’t show up in the statistics. I am sure other cities do this as well ---
**Author:** ![ProgRocker](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/progrocker/32/5434_2.png) [@ProgRocker](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ProgRocker)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2010, 8:37am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/congrats-amherst/157729/9 "2010-07-12T08:37:32Z")
> [@OfficerK](#): > > They aren’t paid to alter them…but rather they alter how they report certain crimes (or don’t report them) so that they don’t show up in the statistics. I am sure other cities do this as well So a stabbing would be like an accidental body impalement. or a targeted misfire would be a shooting? ---
**Author:** ![Motocrossx23](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/motocrossx23/32/5120_2.png) [@Motocrossx23](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Motocrossx23)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2010, 8:47am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/congrats-amherst/157729/10 "2010-07-12T08:47:01Z")
Amherst has more white collar crimes than anything, I’d imagine most of them are just paid out of court. ---
**Author:** ![cougarspeed](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/cougarspeed/32/7468_2.png) [@cougarspeed](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/cougarspeed)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2010, 9:48am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/congrats-amherst/157729/11 "2010-07-12T09:48:09Z")
Id rather stab myself then live in the burbs but glad you guys enjoy it. I always love hearing the city hate from people that either lived in some poor person area of the city and or deff never even did. ---
**Author:** ![Jam](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jam/32/7235_2.png) [@Jam](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Jam)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2010, 9:52am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/congrats-amherst/157729/12 "2010-07-12T09:52:36Z")
i hate amherst ---
**Author:** ![95dime](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/95dime/32/7514_2.png) [@95dime](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/95dime)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2010, 10:02am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/congrats-amherst/157729/13 "2010-07-12T10:02:30Z")
im about a half mile north of amherst. some people there are alright, majority seem to be pricks. especially the ones that move here then bitch about noise and have trails shut down or like the old guy across the street, he tries to come over and yell at me when im making too much noise in the middle of the day. thankfully hes afraid of my dog, i just leave her out and he dosent bother me anymore. ---
**Author:** ![Freek](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/freek/32/7357_2.png) [@Freek](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Freek)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2010, 10:07am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/congrats-amherst/157729/14 "2010-07-12T10:07:20Z")
Out of all the area’s I’ve lived in I’m liking Amherst the best. Long term I think I’ll either move further out in a smaller house or buy an apartment complex closer to the city. ---
**Author:** ![Motocrossx23](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/motocrossx23/32/5120_2.png) [@Motocrossx23](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Motocrossx23)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2010, 10:10am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/congrats-amherst/157729/15 "2010-07-12T10:10:41Z")
I’m just not a fan of cities, at all. ---
**Author:** ![Fry](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fry/32/7284_2.png) [@Fry](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Fry)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2010, 10:12am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/congrats-amherst/157729/16 "2010-07-12T10:12:33Z")
> [@cougarspeed](#): > > Id rather stab myself then live in the burbs but glad you guys enjoy it. I always love hearing the city hate from people that either lived in some poor person area of the city and or deff never even did. lol word. I’ve never lived in the city but my eyes are open enough that I don’t wonder why Forbes ranked buffalo the #10 best city to live in in the USA a month ago. But anyhow, yeah Amherst is a really nice white collar suburban community. Tons of Jones’s to keep up with. :tup: ---
**Author:** ![newman](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/newman/32/7569_2.png) [@newman](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/newman)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2010, 10:14am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/congrats-amherst/157729/17 "2010-07-12T10:14:17Z")
I hate Amherst. ---
**Author:** ![cougarspeed](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/cougarspeed/32/7468_2.png) [@cougarspeed](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/cougarspeed)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2010, 10:16am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/congrats-amherst/157729/18 "2010-07-12T10:16:53Z")
I hate Amherst. ---
**Author:** ![sobo](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/sobo/32/5267_2.png) [@sobo](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/sobo)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2010, 10:41am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/congrats-amherst/157729/19 "2010-07-12T10:41:07Z")
> [@cougarspeed](#): > > I hate Amherst. I hate amherst. I also hate the shitty sections of buffalo. ---
**Author:** ![Willybeen](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/willybeen/32/7351_2.png) [@Willybeen](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Willybeen)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2010, 10:43am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/congrats-amherst/157729/20 "2010-07-12T10:43:22Z")
amherst cost me 1200 in tickets/fees/etc… i hate amherst. ---------- Post added at 01:43 PM ---------- Previous post was at 01:42 PM ---------- in fact… the only place i really ever got tickets in ny was in amherst… I REALLY hate amherst[COLOR=“Silver”] [Next page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/congrats-amherst/157729.md?page=2)