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I've lived in Ann Arbor and upstate NY include WNY, and I grew up in the northeast before that.
WNY (specifically Buffalo) is so much more like the northeast than it is the Midwest. I just can't ever see how this argument is made. People in these parts of NY act as brash as people in Philly or New York City. There are a huge number of Italians here and Catholics. This is probably one of the most Catholic cities I've ever lived in (NYC, Boston, etc.).
In the midwest, people are really polite, punctual. They have their flaws of course, which I don't need to go into.
Clevelanders act like Northeasterners more than Midwesterners too. That said, I don't lump Buffalo as Mid-Atlantic as much as a Northern or Northeast city. There is a big difference between Buffalo and a place like Trenton. Much colder and harsher winters and hammered by lake effect snows off of Lake Erie. Same with a place like Bristol VA that is more associated with the Tennessee Valley than the Chesapeake Bay. I guess I look at this more geographically than culturally, but an argument can be made for both.