Why are Buffalo, Syracuse,... all lumped into one "Upstate" forum

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I expect government to fail to differentiate between anything that's not NYC, but Biggerpockets can do better. Rochester, Buffalo, Syracuse, Ithaca: these are all independent markets with independent happenings. Why  aren't they independent subforums?

[David MacClintock]

They are VERY similar markets, with the exception of Ithica. Buffalo, ROC, Niagra, Syracuse, Utica and Binghamton are functionally the same investments. You are looking at aging populations, housing stock built largely before 1970, similar demographics with concentrated poverty in most of the urban core and money in the 2nd ring burbs. I can take most of my Rochester area research and apply it toward any of the other cities.