Make sure you rent a 4x4 in Buffalo, they get some serious lake effect snow up there, you never know what you'll be landing in.

Just out of curiosity, with all of the places that you could take a day trip to from Manhattan, what's the draw of Buffalo/Niagara falls area?

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