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The final chapter in the 60-plus year story of the Carrols Burger chain, headquartered in Syracuse, NY, is about to close. This week, the Carrols Restaurant Group announced it has sold all of its properties to Burger King for a whopping $1 billion.

Even fans of the 90s show Teletubbies can agree that these bright green Dipsy boots introduced by a New York brand are just too much and too hideous.

The memories of Frontier Town live on, but the property is run down. Will New York State help to restore and repurpose some of the old structures still standing but dilapidated? Many hope so.

The poverty rate has surpassed every other city with at least 100,000 people in them, including places like Detroit and Cleveland. Two upstate cities ranked closely behind: Rochester at #2 and Buffalo at #6.