Saturday, February 10, 2007

We moved here because...

ARRG COMMENTS: Below are comments received from various Alden residents. Thank you for sharing your reasons for moving to Alden. We'd love to hear more stories like these.

"We moved here from Cheektowaga area out to Alden 7 years ago to get away from the chaos, and poor town planning. We love Alden and are proud to be living in Smalltown USA" TJF

"We moved from the city 30 years ago for the quiet of the country. If people want convenience, they should move near the stores, not bring the stores here." CW

"We moved here from Amherst to escape big-box corporations, greedy developers, pollution, noise and high taxes. We are VERY HAPPY here in Alden-PLEASE don't become like Amherst-Stay "small town". DFS

"I moved from Cheektowaga to get my family away from this kind of mega retail. I did not move to Alden hoping for easier shopping." RE

"We CHOSE to live here over 30 years ago because of Alden's charm. If we wanted to live in Cheektowaga we would have bought a house there!" JW

"We moved here because it was a smalltown. Let's not ruin Alden the way Lancaster and Clarence have been ruined". DMG

"We chose Alden instead of Lancaster BECAUSE we didn't like the list of things including the growing crime problems and the over population and traffic." SWT

"We moved to Alden from Cheektowaga 13 years ago to avoid all the things Walmart will bring to Alden." SKS

"The reason we moved her ewas to get away from all of the traffic and crowds" SDL

"We moved here from the city to get away from croweds and city life. NO WALMART WANTED" JDR

"We moved to Alden 11 years ago. We came to avoid traffic, undesireables, city problems and peole who don't care about their town or village" HCK

"My husband and I moved to Alden to withdraw ourselves from other more urban communities and from all of the negative living conditions in those towns." LC

"I moved to Alden 40 years ago for the country, peace and quiet." GR

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