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The immigrant influx (and why it's so good for Buffalo)
Mohammed Osman Shimul remembers seeing both blight and opportunity when he first visited Buffalo's East Side almost 10 years ago. "It was like a disaster," he said. "Every block, every other house was broken." Osman bought a house …