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03/26/2026

📍 Buffalo — Then vs. Now

🔢 Current Rank (Approximate)

Today, Buffalo ranks around #90– #100 largest city in the U.S. by population.

Population: ~275,000

It’s no longer in the top tier of major U.S. cities

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🏆 Peak Ranking (When Buffalo Was Booming)

Buffalo hit its peak around the mid-20th century:

1950 Population: ~580,000

National Rank: #15 largest city in the United States

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📉 What Changed?

Buffalo didn’t just shrink—it lost over half its population since its peak.

Key factors:

Decline of manufacturing

Loss of Great Lakes shipping dominance (St. Lawrence Seaway impact)

Suburban migration

Harsh winters + job loss = outmigration

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💡 The Big Picture

Buffalo went from: 👉 Top 15 major U.S. city
👉 To outside the top 90

That’s not just decline—that’s a massive economic and population shift over decades.

03/24/2026

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03/13/2026

Lockport Needs a Plan — and It Starts With Us

We have everything most cities wish they had.

The canal. The locks. Tourism. History.
Visitors from Niagara Falls and Buffalo passing through every day.
Great anchors like Big Ditch, the Palace Theatre, the canal tours, wineries, hockey, and now projects like Harrison Lofts and Harrison Place.

But the real question is simple:

Why aren’t people staying?

A thriving downtown isn’t built with one project or one developer. It’s built with experiences, commerce, and entrepreneurs.

People stay where there are:

• places to eat
• places to shop
• places to gather
• places to create
• places to live and work

Lockport should be a live–work–play canal city where artists, entrepreneurs, small businesses, and creators build something together.

But that only happens if we stop doing what has held cities like ours back for decades:

• political silos
• favoritism and backroom deals
• waiting years for government-led projects
• talking instead of building

The future of Lockport cannot be decided by a few people in a room.

It needs to be shaped by:

• residents
• business owners
• entrepreneurs
• artists
• builders
• young people who want a future here

We need to come together — not around politics — but around a shared vision for a thriving downtown economy.

Lockport has the opportunity to become Western New York’s canal destination.

But it will take a community willing to unite, collaborate, and build.

If you’re a business owner, entrepreneur, artist, or resident who wants to see Lockport thrive, it’s time to start gathering and having real conversations about the future of our city.

Not complaining.
Building.

The opportunity is here.
Now the question is:

Are we ready to create it together?