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FRC #1551 (The Grapes of Wrath)
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Re: Biggest Advantage/Disadvantage

Advantage: An awesome community of FIRST teams in WNY who will bend over backward to make sure you have everything you need--most especially 340 (our Bausch + Lomb sister team) and 1511.

Disadvantage: We're extremely rural (ever heard of a one-stoplight town? We don't have one of those....) The local hardware store is (a) small and (b) closes at 5 pm--and the nearest Lowe's or Home Depot is an hour away. (The end result is that we pay more than we'd like to in order to get stuff from McMaster, instead of buying locally.) The only major industry in town is a vineyard, and they won't sponsor high school activities for rather obvious reasons.

Still, we get better every year.
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