# You Know You're From Buffalo When...
**URL:** https://forums.speedlife.net/t/you-know-youre-from-buffalo-when/219244
**Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic
**Created:** [December 20, 2011, 12:27pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/you-know-youre-from-buffalo-when/219244 "2011-12-20T12:27:08Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@Haenszel](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Haenszel)
#### Post date: [December 20, 2011, 1:10pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/you-know-youre-from-buffalo-when/219244/21 "2011-12-20T13:10:27Z")
double post.
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### Author:  [@ultradriver10000](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ultradriver10000)
#### Post date: [December 20, 2011, 1:11pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/you-know-youre-from-buffalo-when/219244/22 "2011-12-20T13:11:35Z")
There are some Wegmans level stores here in Houston most are comparable or nicer then Tops though. Unless you’re going to the local Fiesta and even those aren’t that bad. Kind of like quality markets.
I had some LoLs.
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### Author:  [@Shockwave179](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Shockwave179)
#### Post date: [December 20, 2011, 1:25pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/you-know-youre-from-buffalo-when/219244/23 "2011-12-20T13:25:59Z")
> [@Fry](#):
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> Oh, and sorry guys there is nothing special about Tops or Wegmans. Wegmans is a bit more progressive than some with their health-food selections, but not as good as a trader joes or whole foods. There is nothing that distinguishes Tops from any other grocery chain in the country.
Not that I’m from Buffalo but I disagree with this.
Wegmans \> Pretty much anything else around the country that I’ve seen. I’ve lived in 3 states and have been to 21 total and haven’t come across anything like Wegmans.
People make claims about Whole Foods but in my opinion Whole Foods fucking sucks. I couldn’t stand shopping there when I lived in Texas. This is why Wegmans is gaining market share in the rest of the northeast (MA, MD, NJ, PA and VA) . Right now they are starting to expand in Massachusetts and taking away market share from Shaws and Market Basket with just one store.
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### Author:  [@Shockwave179](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Shockwave179)
#### Post date: [December 20, 2011, 1:26pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/you-know-youre-from-buffalo-when/219244/24 "2011-12-20T13:26:14Z")
Damn double post lag.
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### Author:  [@piratemosh666](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/piratemosh666)
#### Post date: [December 20, 2011, 2:22pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/you-know-youre-from-buffalo-when/219244/25 "2011-12-20T14:22:36Z")
Damn, I fn suck at the internet…
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### Author:  [@1QIKZ](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/1QIKZ)
#### Post date: [December 20, 2011, 2:41pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/you-know-youre-from-buffalo-when/219244/26 "2011-12-20T14:41:34Z")
…when there’s so many completions to the sentence you can’t honestly pick one.
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### Author:  [@newman](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/newman)
#### Post date: [December 21, 2011, 5:55am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/you-know-youre-from-buffalo-when/219244/27 "2011-12-21T05:55:35Z")
Trader joes is pretty awesome, but I don’t think it has the selection or really the quaintness of wegman’s…
This place rates wegman’s as #1, but all I did was skim and post. Unsure what criteria drove it:
> **[Best & worst grocery stores 2010](https://www.aol.com/2010/06/14/best-and-worst-grocery-stores-2010/)**
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> The average American consumer makes about two trips a week to the supermarket. Apparently, all of this time spent wandering grocery store aisles has made shoppers certain of what they like -- and
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### Author:  [@JustinH](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JustinH)
#### Post date: [December 21, 2011, 8:59am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/you-know-youre-from-buffalo-when/219244/28 "2011-12-21T08:59:30Z")
Tops is a real average grocery store. Some of the Krogers or the big publix stores are pretty nice, and depending on where you are they have full liquor sections inside them. I have yet to find a grocery store on par with a new wegmans.
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### Author:  [@Carnut](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Carnut)
#### Post date: [December 21, 2011, 9:27am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/you-know-youre-from-buffalo-when/219244/29 "2011-12-21T09:27:25Z")
You think the characters on the Saturday Night Live “Da’ Bears” skits eat lightly.
You ever played “armchair urban planner” by saying “all of Buffalo’s problems would be solved if Main Street was reopened to cars.”
and uggghh…
You would consider voting for a tax increase to pay for Rich Stadium improvements, but you complain loudly about “all my hard earned dollars” funding such luxuries as the library system, the Albright-Knox Art Gallery, the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, and the Buffalo Museum of Science.
LOL.
Wegmans is definitely nice. Trader joes and whole foods are pretty nice as well. As backward as Buffalo can seem at times, it like everything, has it’s charms and many times it depends on your upbringing.
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### Author:  [@Shockwave179](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Shockwave179)
#### Post date: [April 3, 2012, 2:48pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/you-know-youre-from-buffalo-when/219244/30 "2012-04-03T14:48:46Z")
> [@Fry](#):
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> Oh, and sorry guys there is nothing special about Tops or Wegmans. Wegmans is a bit more progressive than some with their health-food selections, but not as good as a trader joes or whole foods. There is nothing that distinguishes Tops from any other grocery chain in the country.
Oh wait what were you saying again?
[http://www.13wham.com/news/local/story/Wegmans-Named-Best-Supermarket-In-U-S/1h8oipTGuEq-qpLxgfOTYg.cspx](http://www.13wham.com/news/local/story/Wegmans-Named-Best-Supermarket-In-U-S/1h8oipTGuEq-qpLxgfOTYg.cspx)
> [@13Wham](#):
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> Rochester, N.Y. – Loyal customers say they always knew Wegmans was number one. But now the grocery chain has earned the top spot in Consumer Reports survey of the best supermarkets in the country.
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> In a recent poll of 24,000 readers Wegmans earned high marks for customer service and cleaniness. The poll looked at more than 50 grocery chains across the country.
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> Readers were asked to vote on the best and worst supermarkets based on service, quality of food, price and cleanliness.
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> Wegmans spokeswoman Jo Natale released this statement about the honors:
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> “Wegmans is very pleased to be included in this list of supermarkets. And obviously, we are thrilled with the results of a poll of more than 24,000 readers. Our employees take our motto very seriously – Every day you get our best. It’s gratifying to know that our customers recognize the hard work of all our employees.”
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> Shoppers tell us they aren’t surprised that Wegmans was ranked number one. They raved about friendly service, good selection and the cleanliness of stores.
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> Sheri Petkus told us she never knew how much she loved Wegmans until she moved away: “When I moved away to California, I was shocked how far behind the other grocery stores were…I just felt like I was shocked I didn’t have Wegmans anymore.”
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> Other shoppers like Ginger Foreman said it was all about convenience and the fact that Wegmans has been “in the family for years.”
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> Ginger told us: " I have shopped here, my mother shopped here, my granchildren."
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> Donna Dixon says she loves everything about Wegmans, from the selection of organic and health foods, to the clean stores and friendly cashiers.
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> Rosa Buza says she has shopped around and compared prices and always finds herself back at Wegmans.
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> Come this fall, Wegmans will have competition from the number two grocery chain in the Consumer Reports survey.
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> Trader Joes, known for its cult following and unique offerings, will open in Pittsford Plaza.
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> Shoppers say they will try the new store but say, they will still shop at Wegmans.
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> Many believe the competition is good and that both grocery stores can succeed, because they offer different things.
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### Author:  [@XwalkerX](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/XwalkerX)
#### Post date: [April 3, 2012, 4:25pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/you-know-youre-from-buffalo-when/219244/31 "2012-04-03T16:25:08Z")
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### Author:  [@slo\_ride](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/slo_ride)
#### Post date: [April 11, 2012, 6:32pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/you-know-youre-from-buffalo-when/219244/32 "2012-04-11T18:32:15Z")
…when you call it “the 90” or “the 290” or “the 990” and so on and so forth…no one else puts the “the” in front of it…
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### Author:  [@ProgRocker](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ProgRocker)
#### Post date: [April 11, 2012, 6:49pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/you-know-youre-from-buffalo-when/219244/33 "2012-04-11T18:49:50Z")
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### Author:  [@gray\_es300](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/gray_es300)
#### Post date: [April 11, 2012, 7:10pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/you-know-youre-from-buffalo-when/219244/34 "2012-04-11T19:10:13Z")
You know your from Buffalo when you tell everyone how great it is, but have no real reason.
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### Author:  [@08GT500](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/08GT500)
#### Post date: [April 11, 2012, 9:00pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/you-know-youre-from-buffalo-when/219244/35 "2012-04-11T21:00:15Z")
> [@gray\_es300](#):
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> You know your from Buffalo when you tell everyone how great it is, but have no real reason.
zing?
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### Author:  [@GV1390](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/GV1390)
#### Post date: [April 11, 2012, 9:21pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/you-know-youre-from-buffalo-when/219244/36 "2012-04-11T21:21:18Z")
> [@gray\_es300](#):
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> You know your from Buffalo when you tell everyone how great it is, but have no real reason.
you’re\*
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### Author:  [@SHIN\_TENSHI](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SHIN_TENSHI)
#### Post date: [April 12, 2012, 9:48pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/you-know-youre-from-buffalo-when/219244/37 "2012-04-12T21:48:20Z")
… You have been out of there for 1 /12 years and traveled across the country. I run my own store now and would have never done this in Buffalo because of your culture in WNY.
I have a customer who is a Psychologist and he put it best “Living in WNY is like commiting suicide twice.” Between the snow, taxes, corupt politicians, no jobs, a society that breeds stupidity, teachers who get cosmetic surgery at the tax payers expense, a phantom Bass Pro Shop, the most anoying women on the planet it is akin to hell on earth.
WNY has had a declining population for the last 40 years and is living on its past glory. In 80-100 years Buffalo will be a ghost area. The leadership in your area will make sure that no progess will be made. The largest employer in WNY will be SUNY at UB and when that money dries up bye bye Buffalo. The demographics of your area does not reflect the rest of the world nor does the religious ideology that controls it. When HSBC began pulling out it should have a big red flag to get the )(\*$ out.
WNY is not going anywhere if you want a future get out and see the rest of the country.
Karl
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### Author:  [@ubengineering](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ubengineering)
#### Post date: [April 12, 2012, 10:10pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/you-know-youre-from-buffalo-when/219244/38 "2012-04-12T22:10:50Z")
> [@SHIN TENSHI](#):
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> … You have been out of there for 1 /12 years and traveled across the country. I run my own store now and would have never done this in Buffalo because of your culture in WNY.
> I have a customer who is a Psychologist and he put it best “Living in WNY is like commiting suicide twice.” Between the snow, taxes, corupt politicians, no jobs, a society that breeds stupidity, teachers who get cosmetic surgery at the tax payers expense, a phantom Bass Pro Shop, the most anoying women on the planet it is akin to hell on earth.
> WNY has had a declining population for the last 40 years and is living on its past glory. In 80-100 years Buffalo will be a ghost area. The leadership in your area will make sure that no progess will be made. The largest employer in WNY will be SUNY at UB and when that money dries up bye bye Buffalo. The demographics of your area does not reflect the rest of the world nor does the religious ideology that controls it. When HSBC began pulling out it should have a big red flag to get the )(\*$ out.
>
> WNY is not going anywhere if you want a future get out and see the rest of the country.
>
> Karl
Dear Karl, fuck off
sincerly, everyone
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### Author:  [@ProgRocker](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ProgRocker)
#### Post date: [April 13, 2012, 4:01am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/you-know-youre-from-buffalo-when/219244/39 "2012-04-13T04:01:38Z")
LOL ^+1
Doesn’t NYS control taxes, **corrupt** politicians, and the teacher’s boob jobs? Buffalo has the most annoying women on the planet? Based on what? And if you don’t like snow…stay out of the northern hemisphere.
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### Author:  [@SHIN\_TENSHI](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SHIN_TENSHI)
#### Post date: [April 13, 2012, 7:28am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/you-know-youre-from-buffalo-when/219244/40 "2012-04-13T07:28:26Z")
Why … answer would be prefered. Or don’t you like hearing the truth. Go put your rosecolored glasses and and keep drinking from the punch bowl. BTW I did fuck off at the Mustang Ranch and what a good time it is was.
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