Albany NY - The Most UNDERRATED City in America

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Albany is the capital of the U.S. state of New York, also the seat and largest city of Albany County.
The city is known for its architecture, commerce, culture, institutions of higher education, and rich history. It is the economic and cultural core of the Capital District of the State of New York.
Albany is one of the oldest surviving European settlements from the original thirteen colonies and the longest continuously chartered city in the United States. When New Netherland was captured by the English in 1664, the name was changed from Beverwijck to Albany in honor of the Duke of Albany (later James II of England and James VII of Scotland).
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In 1754, representatives of seven British North American colonies met in the Stadt Huys, Albany's city hall, for the Albany Congress; Benjamin Franklin of Pennsylvania presented the Albany Plan of Union there, which was the first formal proposal to unite the colonies.
During and after the Revolutionary War, Albany County saw a great increase in real estate transactions. After Horatio Gates defeated John Burgoyne at Saratoga in 1777, the upper Hudson Valley was generally at peace as the war raged on elsewhere. Prosperity was soon seen all over Upstate New York.
On November 17, 1793, a large fire broke out, destroying 26 homes on Broadway, Maiden Lane, James Street, and State Street. The fire originated at a stable belonging to Leonard Gansevoort and was suspected to be arson set by enslaved people.
In 1797, the state capital of New York was moved permanently to Albany. From statehood to this date, the Legislature had frequently moved the state capital between Albany, Kingston, Hurley, Poughkeepsie, and the city of New York.
The Palace Theatre and The Egg are mid-sized forums for music, theater, and spoken-word performances; the Capital Repertory Theatre is smaller. The TU Center is the city's largest musical venue for nationally and internationally prominent bands.
In recent years, the city's government has invested resources to cultivate venues and neighborhoods that attract after-hours business. Madison Avenue, Pearl Street, Delaware Avenue and Lark Street are the most active entertainment areas in the city. Many restaurants, clubs, and bars have opened since the mid-1990s, revitalizing areas that had once been abandoned and reclaiming old row houses, businesses, and a pump station.
Alive at 5 is a free, weekly concert series held downtown during the summer on Thursdays; with 10 concerts in 2010, total attendance was roughly 100,000.
The Tulip Festival is set in Washington Park and celebrates the city's Dutch heritage.
With the large number of local colleges and universities around Albany, college sports are popular. The University at Albany's Great Danes play at the Division I level in all sports. The football team is a member of the Colonial Athletic Association while all other sports teams play as members of the America East Conference.
Authors Herman Melville and Henry James lived with their families in Albany when young, before their careers. James identified his character Isabel Archer, the heroine of his novel The Portrait of a Lady, as being from Albany
The Albany Institute of History and Art, on Washington Avenue near the Center Square Neighborhood and State Capitol, is "dedicated to collecting, preserving, interpreting and promoting interest in the history, art, culture of Albany and the Upper Hudson Valley region." The museum's most notable permanent exhibits include an extensive collection of paintings by the Hudson River School and an exhibit on Ancient Egypt featuring the institute's "Albany Mummies."
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[@christianbrother4724]

Looks so historic and clean. I live in Austin. Austin has become an expensive, crime ridden crowded dirty city with the never ending heat and humidity. One day, maybe I can come to Albany.

[@6AMTravel]

Is my dream to visit Austin.... Stevie Ray Vaughan's home town in Austin Texas. My favorite guitar player.

[@shellyscholz1256]

Albany is not clean and beautiful, these clips are avoiding the violence and record numbers of condemned buildings.

[@hitek9too255]

Like how Hartford is the Capital of Connecticut and is the most violent, poverty stricken city in the state and not Stamford.

[@C1K450]

@@shellyscholz1256 but you can’t take the fact away that Albany has nice architecture. It’s an architects heaven for sightseeing. The only problem is that these landmarks stand out as an eyesore. They need to add more buildings or taller structures to surround these landmarks while complimenting the architectural aesthetic of it.

[@gurus3694]

@@shellyscholz1256 i ve lived in both Austin Texas and Albany New York . Albany is much better in crime rate and life style and cleanliness when compared to places in Texas .

[@marakahl]

The education building really is a work of art

[@6AMTravel]

Yes. Very beautiful building!

[@gurus3694]

@@marakahl my first job was located in education building .

[@Saintnick90]

I hear they have really good steamed hams!

[@6AMTravel]

Yes. They have :)

[@Risingsun294]

I DO agree...Albany is an underrated little treasure..new york(state) and places like Buffalo and Rochester(well known for his spiritual thing with Fox sisters) are quite amazing too.

[@S.R.Crnt.]

I had literally never heard about this city before today. At the same time I also found out it is the capital of the state of New York, which I had always just assumed was New York city. But what a beautiful city this is. I'd love to live here.

[@6AMTravel]

Hello Sven. Maybe someday you will visit this city. Who knows?

[@S.R.Crnt.]

@@6AMTravel it's definitely on my radar now.

[@Miah-k8i]

I live here it has very historical places and it's great to visit but it has some down sides but still a great place

[@6AMTravel]

@@Miah-k8i every place in the world is beautiful in its own way and has its downsides

[@cinnaminson0653]

Uh, no. Downtown Albany is actually awful. The best thing about the area are actually the suburbs.

[@lollipopwaraxe6032]

I'm from Ireland and I was there in 2006 the last time. I have a huge amount of relations in this part of New york. I'd love to go back, very found memories there that summer.

[@6AMTravel]

Thanks for the comment

[@anthonybrent6428]

What's funny is my ancestors came from Ireland and settled in Troy NY in the Albany area, before my great grandfather left and went to Maryland that's where all of the Irish side of my family lived.

[@K.I0731]

We will be migrating with my family in albany. We are excited yet somehow anxious. I hope everything goes well.

[@6AMTravel]

I hope the same for you!!

[@andrekellogg8859]

@@K.I0731 I lived there for 12 years. Don't move there, you will hate the winters.

[@gurus3694]

Winters are bad . But the place is peaceful and good …

[@andrekellogg8859]

@@gurus3694 Not much to do there ,it's been a dying city for decades.

[@genericinternetmale14]

I know "steamed hams" is an Albany expression if I am not mistaken

[@6AMTravel]

yes, it seems so

[@muskyful]

Actually Albany is only one part of the area of 3 great cities (Tri Cities Area: Albany, Schenectady & Troy), each with their own unique history, downtown areas and adjoining suburbs.

[@6AMTravel]

Good to know

[@ruyanjao84]

I love this city

[@6AMTravel]

:)

[@YoshiFan115]

Albany Ny underrated-> EXACTLY and I live in Albany too

[@6AMTravel]

Nice!

[@birdolla4441]

Some of us here in Albany call it the non City because it is so nice to live here without the crowds of bigger city's but with all the amenities since it is the Capitol of NY The whole capitol region has only 1 million people and Albany itself just 100,000 I can call or even just show up and be seated in a top quality restaurant with out a weeks notice Much more that the repeated pics of memorials depicted here, Albany has world class theater, concert halls, museums and restaurants. Wednesdays, thru the summer, world class acts perform at the Empire State Plaza and on Thursdays "Alive at 5" in the Corning preserve also brings top artists. All free... Also if you must crave more people:... New York city, Montreal, Boston, Cape cod are all less than 3 hours away

[@6AMTravel]

Thank you for sharing your opinion. I wish I could have spent more time in Albany

[@shellyscholz1256]

William Kennedy is Albany’s greatest author

[@sardarmehmood8063]

Very good job ❤❤❤

[@6AMTravel]

Thank you!

[@andrekellogg8859]

Thw place where weird people live and you freeze your ass off all winter. Ugh.

[@metaWMapis]

❤

[@legoguy016]

Finally someone who thinks Albany is awesome! Been living here for 23 years and wouldn’t change a thing!

[@6AMTravel]

:)

[@jjturner_10]

Go ahead and check Saratoga while your at it

[@6AMTravel]

Next time!

[@Metalmirq]

How is Saratoga?

[@marakahl]

@@Metalmirq small but pretty

[@top10cars57]

The thing is, is that Albany is not a nice place in the winter.

[@6AMTravel]

interesting, I didn't think of that

[@andrekellogg8859]

INSE​@@6AMTravelI SECOND THAT , HORRIBLE WINTERS

[@samyjersi6158]

I miss Albany only in the summer time😅

[@6AMTravel]

Why?

[@gurus3694]

So I have a winter home in Florida.. hate the humidity , mosquitos and driving in Florida … i miss Albany when I see other states . My daughter is in Cleveland Ohio . Most towns look like ghost towns in Ohio when compared to Albany

[@samyjersi6158]

@@6AMTravel I just like it in the 🌞... It's the best place in this season. Winter ❄️ is too long over there

[@andrekellogg8859]

Lived in Albany for 12 years. So glad I left and now live in South Florida, love it.

[@julianlarralde1298]

lol

[@Mahnoorshafqat555]

University which offer's nursing in Albany NY

[@6AMTravel]

I did not know! thank you for the information

[@priscillalee1010]

To be honest, I think I'm falling in love with this city 🥹❤️🇺🇲

[@6AMTravel]

Good

[@farhank8336]

why

[@kylardelowry6685]

Show Quail Street and how great Albany really is (sarcasm by the way)

[@6AMTravel]

I like your sarcasm. Every city in the world has better and worse areas. If you arrive in Romania, Bucharest I will wait for you in the Ferentari district (sarcasm by the way)

[@dmoney8602]

Cringe

[@dmoney8602]

Cringe

[@andrewholden6399]

You can go down Quail 5 blocks either direction of Route 20 and either be in the hood or the suburbs.

[@shellyscholz1256]

They aren’t showing the shootings on Second Ave. nor in the Arbor Hill section. They also aren’t showing the record numbers of condemned buildings.

[@genebigs1749]

From what I've heard (I'm a New Yorker from Long Island) it's a nice town but TOO COLD in the winter. So, no thanks.

[@6AMTravel]

Thank you!! Good to know that.

[@MK-1010]

Your history seems to be correct, but the visual never matches the narration. Why not show the areas you're describing? And you filmed at Empire State Plaza, but never said anything about it. Do you know anything about Albany, yourself? I mean anything more than glancing at the Wikipedia page for more than five minutes. You need more footage, too. More than up and down Western Ave and the government buildings on State St and Washington Ave.

[@6AMTravel]

M K, thank you for your comment and interest. I don't even want the areas shown to be described. I wouldn't be able to, I only spent an hour in Albany, and I found it fascinating.

[@Im_marcel.]

Huhhh?? I live in Albany, and it’s a DUMP!!!! It never looks this clean 😂 downtown is a mess, lots of streets that I hate walking on, tons of homeless people harrassing you for some money and flip shit if you don’t (via driving). Yeah the Empire State plazas/state buildings are nice, but that’s just a tiny piece. College kids everywhere during fall time which means lots of frat party’s and garbage everywhere.

[@gurus3694]

May be you did not live in other places to see how dirty they are

[@jasmine7576]

世界一大きな「ニッパー」君が居ます！😘

[@tiger37373]

Like most cities in the state of NY, they are ruined by the fact that they are in the state of NY

[@JayT10200]

Go live in North Dakota where there's nobody 😆

[@paulietteburnett7270]

Terrica Williams princess

[@videogameplayer0552]

Albany is not underrated at all. It’s a run down city with a downtown that is more or less empty, with shops that nobody goes to. The only good thing Albany has is the crossgates mall, which is a pretty nice mall. Outside of that, Albany is lame.

[@purplesprigs]

I used to live in Woodlake Apartments, right across the street from the mall and SUNY Albany (still its official name, by the way). I loved the area, and the people.

[@videogameplayer0552]

@@purplesprigs Albany is boring in my opinion. Nothing much goes on there compared to other parts of the country. It’s basically just a few big highways that are always stuffed with people going to work, yet the actual city itself is more or less a ghost town. I live in Omaha now, and it’s a much nicer place. I’m glad you enjoyed Albany though.

[@jacquelinestapleton9490]

Albany NY is a dump. Go to Saratoga or Lake George. So many great places in NY state to see, Albany is definitely not one of them.

[@6AMTravel]

Thank you! Good to know!

[@Metalmirq]

Albany has nice areas and dumpy areas. Just like most cities. I live in one of the fastest growing cities in the country (Austin) and there are homeless everywhere (and high taxes!)

[@YHVH1483]

Annnnnd its a dump

[@misscandy84]

worst city in NY besides Troy and schneddy

[@kingnhonj954]

Imagine having a city worse than Schenectady