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You can get to Syracuse in a little less than an hour and you have some companies in the insurance, defense and medical device industries in the area.
It also has had a reputation as a mob town and the things that come with that.
With that said, it still offers its share of things for a city/area of its size, but like a lot of cities in the state, NE and in the North in general, it has a bad rap to get over. Hopefully a project like that one being proposed will be a step in the right direction.
Varick Street/the Brewery District has seen some new businesses and Baggs Square has seen some development already. So, there are some things that are actually occurring in terms of development.
With the Stanley Theater and Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute(affiliated with the Pratt Institute) on Genesee Street, it has the potential to form an Arts district just south of Downtown.
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