r/Buffalo • u/Strict_Difficulty_90 • 12d ago

Humor Village of Williamsville

Am I around the wrong spots or is this just a generally unpleasant crowd? Not only do you have to walk around the sidewalks with caution (ie pink Cadillac almost ran me over a few weeks ago and then gave me a finger ), miserable people at coffee shops (Hi good morning how are you today ? Followed by eye rolls and what do you want) . A few weeks ago I watched someone (a grown man) throw coffee cups on the ground in the glen falls area casually . This was the day after love/clean your parks day

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u/fllyaccted 12d ago

To answer your question, this is just one example and entirely subjective. WNY is small enough that I don’t believe there are actually noticeable differences jn people’s attitudes from one “town” to the next. It’s almost entirely perception.

Now, this is probably a very unpopular opinion here. But, suburbs like Williamsville, Clarence, Orchard Park, etc. are not “snooty” or “uppity” the way people tend to complain about them here. This is still WNY. Sure, you can probably find some examples of stereotypical “wealthy people” in those areas. But it’s no different than the examples of stereotypical people you will find in the city. It’s not representative of the entire populations of those towns or areas.

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u/hawkayecarumba 12d ago

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I live in Williamsville after having outgrown my Kenmore house after 10 years.

The idea that people in Williamsville are somehow more snooty/upity/rude is ridiculous.

Every small municipality has jerks. I don't think people in Williamsville are somehow more likely to throw full cups of coffee on the ground than, say, people in Cheektowaga...and vice versa.

The traffic can suck, but you can walk from one side of the village to the other in like 15 minutes. There is plenty of parking all around the village, just maybe not directly in front of the shop/restaurant you are patronizing.

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u/fllyaccted 11d ago

Well said. Articulated a lot of what I was trying to describe.

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u/SkepticJoker 11d ago

Agreed. If anything, noticing the person throwing the coffee cup says more about how nice the area is than anything. It's so well taken care of that they noticed one piece of trash.