Re:I live in Amherst Buffalo (Score 1)

Traffic alone makes me want to move to the likes of Bismark, or possibly Billings. However, if you happen across an employer who is sympathtic (and most of the ones I've come across are), your expected to be in the office between times such as 10AM-7PM, give or take. A few employers that I'm aware of have started taking to telecommuting for Software Developers and the like. Traffic is not an issue then, and the plus side is that you can sleep later in the day ;-) I have had days, however, where I have spent 2+ hours on a 7 lane freeway, in 95 degree heat. When it comes down to it, in my opinion, Buffalo is just not a techie town. The economy isn't there, and opportunities for advancment are fairly non-existant (with exceptions, as always). If you get the chance, take a look at the Atlanta section of computerjobs.com, and then compare it to the Buffalo News computer jobs listing, you'll see my point. If the chance arose, I'd come back to the land of football, chicken wings, and snowmobies, but until then, this isn't too bad once you get used to the enormous stockpile of confederate flags, trucks, and of course, confederate flags attached to trucks.