Cheektowaga : New york

Cheektowaga, New York, a suburb of Buffalo, is located in Erie County and has a population of just over 75,000 (2010 census).  The town was named by the Erie-Seneca Indians and means "Land of Many Crabapples" due to the abundance of Hawthorn trees in the area.  Cheektowaga  was orginally a farming area, but was then developed during the World War II subdivison boom.  It has a strong blue collar presence with a large Polish-American commuity and continues to be a progressive township. Villa Maria College and Empire State College are both located here. Picture of Walden Galleria courtesy of Wikipedia and Kcin716.

Cheektowaga is the second largest suburb of Buffalo.  The National Association of Realtors reports the median sale price of a home during the first quarter of 2019 was $146,700, in the Buffalo-Cheektowaga-Niagara Falls area. Zillow referred to Cheektowaga as a "Very Hot Market" in early 2019, with the median home value reported to be $131,600, up over 7% from the previous year.

Great city for sports with the NHL Buffalo Sabres and the NFL Buffalo Bills. The  Reinstein Woods Environmental Education Center is a 292 acre complex of forests, parks, and wetlands along with the  the Dr. Victor Reinstein Woods Nature Preserve, offer programs each month and snowshoe and ski adventures in the winter.  Rails to Trails has over four miles of paths which connects parks, preserves and neighborhoods around Cheektowaga.  Walden Galleria, is a large shopping mall.  World famous Niagara Falls is only about  25 miles away.

Winters can be harsh; property taxes are on the high side; not a very walkable community.

Retirees who like living in a college town, living by a lake, and who enjoy sports.

Construction, accommodations and food service

The average low January temperature is 19 degrees, and  the average high July temperature is 80 degrees.

Cheektowaga community Symphony Orchestra; Buffalo Philharmonic; Reinstein Woods Nature Preserve; Anna M Reinstein Library