The truth is, the federal government has already spent vast sums of taxpayer money over the past 50 years to revitalize Buffalo, only to watch the city continue to decay. Future federal spending that tries to revive the city will likely prove equally futile. The federal government should instead pursue policies that help Buffalo’s citizens, not the city as a geographical place. The best scenario would be for Buffalo to become a much smaller but more vibrant community—shrinking to greatness, in effect.

Buffalo had past glory? why wasting money to ‘revitalize’ a place as opposed to helping people directly is a failed cause. I concluded after my visit that it is a basket case and best dismantled.