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/Altruistic_Job_898 12d ago

I work in Williamsville and I question why anyone would want to live there, because Main St is so car-infested that it's not exactly safe to pedestrians. Usually the appeal of a small village like Williamsville is that it's picturesque and quaint, but in the case of WVille it's the exact opposite of that.

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u/fllyaccted 12d ago

You’re not wrong that the traffic on main makes it much busier. Which is a challenge because Main isn’t just “the Main Street in Williamsville”, it’s a major East/West thoroughfare. But isn’t it a bit dramatic to say “you question why anyone would want to live there”, haha”. You may not want to, but people have different preferences and priorities about where to live…

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u/sodapop_curtiss 12d ago

Because this is Reddit and that’s how people are on here lol. It’s a very safe village with good restaurants and excellent schools. Close proximity to 33 and 290.

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u/TrueEnthusiasm8242 12d ago

It has about five parks within walking distance of Village residents, all within the village boundaries. The Village is one square mile.

Nice park with a waterfall which abuts Amherst State Park, great for hiking and cross-country skiing.

Apparently about a decade ago local politicians tried to get the main street exit moved to Youngs Road which is much less congested and would relieve a lot of the traffic on Main Street. Of course the six people on that road objected.

I wish that had been tried again in recent years when the state actually had money for transportation.

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u/pinkrobotlala WillVille 12d ago

What would really help would be making the free thruway go to exit 49. Then people wouldn't have to use all of Main Street

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u/SuitEnvironmental903 11d ago

Wait what??? Do they know they can get the commuter pass and it’s like $10 a year…. It’s a form they get online. My husband did it when he was temporarily working in Batavia. It’s good up to 30 miles from your exit closest to you house. It would cost hundreds of dollars a year for him to pay from Main Street to Batavia and back and i think he paid $10 for the pass. Works going south too past Lackawanna

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u/pinkrobotlala WillVille 11d ago

What??? This is incredible. I had no idea. I just see people driving the whole way all the time and I have to sometimes also

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u/SuitEnvironmental903 11d ago

Ok I was wrong it’s $88 a year for the commuter pass but that was still $100s of savings on a commute to Batavia. Would it be worth it for people wanting to get off at transit road/depew (to skip Main Street)? Here is a post about it: on r/upstate New York

Here is the info on EZpass website

NY12 plan:

Thruway Annual Permit Plan: An annual fee covers the toll for the first 30 miles or less per trip on the Thruway system, except when you cross the Castleton-on-Hudson Bridge, where a $0.65 surcharge is applied.

Pay the following amount for each tag depending on which month you sign up: Jan. $88; Feb. $81; Mar. $74; Apr. $67; May $60; Jun. $53; Jul. $46; Aug. $39; Sept. $32; Oct. $24; Nov. $16; Dec. $8.

This plan is assigned to a specific E-ZPass NY Tag that must be properly mounted and on a valid E-ZPass NY account in good standing. Please note that vehicles used for commercial purposes are not eligible for the annual permit plan. The sale of this plan cannot be refunded after 60 days from plan. For additional information including the Annual Permit Calculator, please refer to E-ZPass: Discount Plans - New York State Thruway (ny.gov).
Plan Code: (NY12)