1. A surreal industrial graveyard populated by pensioners, criminals, corrupt police, out-of-touch governmental officials, slum-lords, and drug-addled eccentrics. Popular pass-times include recreational drug use, doing nothing to improve the culture of the city while simultaneously complaining about how there's no culture, and going to the hospital for tetanus shots.

2. What would manifest if Salvador Dali free-based a highly concentrated crystalline mixture of Bukowski and William S. Buroughs out of the soft spot in a new-born's skull.

3. What the rest of America will look like in another 50 years.

I grew up in Binghamton, how do you think I feel? I KNOW this place sucks and yet it is still my hometown. Not something I am proud to admit. The only thing that we can claim to have here is... well not too damn much once I think about it. And for those of you who move to Binghamton from other places, WHAT THE HELL WERE YOU THINKING? Go home now while you still have the chance!!!! I mean seriously, Binghamton is the second cloudiest area in all of the United States, and its defiantely true. I mean we are lucky to have maybe 30 sunny days a year. Who the fuck in their right mind would want to move here from somewhere else? Not me.

Binghamton is a depressive place for the most. On the other hand, the University campus and the nature preserve is really beautiful in the Spring and especially in the Fall. People from big cities(like the long-island guys) may not like it, but if you are a big fan of the nature itself then this place won't be too bad for you. As a guy from Istanbul(12 million city in Turkey), Binghamton is a good opportunity to smoke some weed in the woods and chill out for a while in our artificial world.

1. A rust belt city in the southern teir of New York.
2. More common use: a SUNY college in neighboring vestal. It is only surpassed in quality by SUNY Geneseo. This is a school that people from poor towns dream of getting into. Many students who go here are grateful to be getting a quality education without having to go $100,000 into debt. I am very happy and fortunate to be a student here.
While the weather here can only be described frozen hell. This is a campus a student needs to own a car to be able to buy anything they need, to simply buy cigarettes it is an hour walk.
Unfortunately there is a small minority of students who ruin the image of a hard-working student, who can't afford anything more expensive. That minority of students proceed to convince the the citizens of binghamton, or townies, that all students here are spoiled, bored, cocaine addicted kids from around NYC. I hope they choke.

I live in sunny Florida where the public schools rank 50th in the nation and the public universities only thrive because the majority of public school grads can not get accepted to schools outside the state. I am 15 minutes from both Fort Lauderdale and West Palm Beach with combined populations of 5+ million yet we have one small petting zoo no phillharmonic and it takes hours to get anywhere. I have never heard anyone here speak about the shoe company that made it possible for the country to participate in WWI and WWII. Thats right the U.S. did not have enough boots and Endicott Johnson saved the day. The same E.J. that employed people through the depression. Then of course there are all the pilots that were saved when they practiced in the Link simulators before jumping into the cockpit. Thats right the entire simulation industry started in Binghamton, from fighter jets to the Apollo moon missions and even the shuttle program you have Ed Link to thank. Then there is Mr. Bundys time clock factory in Binghamton you may know it as I.B.M. The Engineering school and a lot of other things at B.U. are a direct result of Mr. Watsons love of the area and Big Blue. If you are from NYC or Long Island you can thank the farmers around Binghamton and the rail yards for your milk and icecream. I would love to live in Binghamton and when I retire I might just do that. In the mean time if you are there and you don't like it....leave.

Quite possibly the greatest city in the continental USA. In Binghamton it never rains and the sun always shines down upon you. You would be hard pressed to find a day throughout the year where the temperature falls below a serene 70 degrees. Situated in the extravagant Southern Tier of New York Binghamton's location is one of its greatest features. With only an hour drive to Elmira, New York or Scranton, Pennsylvania you simply cannot go wrong. The towns folk in Binghamton show hospitality that even the south cannot compare to, whether it is to cheer you on as you run by their houses or to come into your home and personally take your recyclables, they simply do it all. The only downside to Binghamton is that it puts other cities to shame.

Bing is one interesting place to live and go to school. First, there are only 3 seasons in Bing not 4. Summer, Winter and Spring. Spring is the shortest season, it only lasts about 1 month. Second, it really isnt a place that you want to raise a family. It rains quite often and the people who are from the area realy dislike th BU students. I find this odd becasue with out BU, although it is hard to beleive, Bing would be even worse off economically. So there are SOME rich kids form Long Island that go to school at BU, BIG DEAL, not every BU student is a stuck up prick. Some are atually nice people who like to spend money in Bing which inturn helps keep the city form crumbling even more then it already is. Bing isnt the worst place to be but it is far from the IDEAL place to be. Townines need to stop whining, BU Students need to have a little more respect and the COPS need to get a life and stop pulling me over fro speeding on 434 when i am going 4 mph over the limit.