Looking at the stories of the history of our city or community would help me situate myself within the larger history of Buffalo. It creates awareness to studying the changes in migration patterns to Buffalo and their impact over thousands of years to consider various reasons why different people (indigenous, European, African Americans, immigrants from Asia, Mexico, or the middle east) migrated to and from this community and how it compared to other communities, both in the USA and elsewhere. That awareness of the past would inform my present thinking of the living history of the Greater Buffalo Area. Looking at the stories of the history of the Greater Buffalo Area might help me understand the future better when considering how to encourage growth in commerce, education, and reducing poverty. What has worked or failed in the past and why did it work or fail?
