Offering the best of city and country living, having a number of bedroom communities in the Mohawk Valley can be a boon.

With bigger projects such as the Quad-C nanotechnology center at SUNY Polytechnic Institute eventually expected to bring in more than 1,000 jobs and the possibility of thousands more if a chip manufacturer sets up shop, it won’t just be urban areas experiencing an influx in population.

The adjoining bedroom communities also might see some spillover for workers looking for a more rural atmosphere to live and potentially raise a family.

Brian Thomas, commissioner for Utica’s Urban Planning and Economic Development office, defined a bedroom community as “a community that primarily has purely residential value.”

Though there might be a few businesses, the vast majority of residents in a bedroom community will be working elsewhere, usually in a more commercial or urban center.

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[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="650"] Mark DiOrio / Observer-Dispatch | With bigger projects like Nano on the horizon, many people are living in purely residential bedroom communities and working elsewhere. Chris Talgo lives in his native hometown of Trenton and drives in to Utica to work.[/caption]

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Carolyn Bostick Posted Dec. 30, 2014 @ 4:30 am