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Thanks! Yeah, I've been looking at Rochester though I'm not firmly set on anywhere yet. What do you mean by coming back? And yeah, I bet it's been really hard on the areas that rely on Canadian tourism!
I grew up near Binghamton. Back then we had several IBM complexes with thousands of well paying jobs. I don’t think any were in Binghamton itself but it lifted the economy of the entire region. Then IBM left. The jobs were gone and nothing ever replaced them. Young adults moved away to places with better economies. My younger brother was the last one left, talking about flipping properties with a credit card. Those towns directly affected may never come back.
But Binghamton was more diversified, the center of economy moved to different towns, the university has been doing great and incubating local business. It does have some culture, some sports, some nightlife. Property values have gone back up. The new local economic centers have new construction and new infrastructure, even if the older sections are still fading
I wouldn’t want to move back to the town I grew up in, but I can see moving to the area.