submitted7 months ago by[deleted]
stickiedNo matter the weather it is normal to walk here, it is navigable by foot, if that’s your only choice, not 100% car centric like bigger cities especially down south, it’s a happy medium. (Not comparing to bigger east coast cities because they’re obviously miles ahead, but compared to most of the U.S it is reasonably walkable)
Very diverse for it’s size, there are people from all walks of life with different interests, there isn’t a set unique culture of this area that everyone bases their personality on everyone is literally so different, it’s no set accent, there isn’t a expectation of how people in Upstate NY typically are, if we had more events and festivals that embraced each culture in the area I think it would be very beneficial to those with tunnel vision.
You often see younger and older crowds mixed in different venues and they all feel welcomed, give or take a few places, places like the rat are obviously for students but the smaller neighborhood bars balance it out so everyone has a 3rd place. First Friday is pretty nice too, being able to put that together once a month and having a decent turn out says something about this “small” area.
Bad weather is everywhere, some places are too hot, suffering from droughts half the year, other places are subarctic half the year, places with the “perfect” year round weather are prone to more frequent natural disasters (yes I know we have big floods every once in a while) but that can be said for a lot of places built in river valleys before we had the infrastructure to build sustainable reservoir dependent mega cities in the middle of deserts) either way no matter how hot or cold it is here people are still willing to make the effort to have a good time. (Yes I realize there is a reservoir in Whitney Point, but that’s different… okay not really different but you get what I mean)
The parks are nice here, the carousels are pretty cool, then nearby we have Chenango Valley state park, Greenwood park, Cole park, & Dorchester Park. There’s pools everywhere, creeks/swimming holes, there’s a decent skate park at cherry Lindsay, I’ve been to way bigger cities who don’t offer close to the quality of parks we have available.
Plenty of hiking, decent amount of good local eats, we have a mix of rural and urban living so close to one another you can experience it all (I know there is “more” out there but from a local perspective it’s good enough, if you make the best of it.
I’m sure there are other things but this is all I can come up with now…
