I am going to attend school at Roswell Park and wanted to know the best part of Buffalo, NY to live in?

This is going to be a big move for me because I have lived in Texas for the last 18 years. A guy I met up there said I should live in Allentown which appearently is a part of downtown but it is hard to get information about it because no one knows this is the name of the neighborhood. My dad has a friend up there and he says I should live in Amhearst. Thoughts? Ideas? Suggestions? I will be getting an apartment and commuting everyday to Roswell Park so please take that into consideration because I am sure I will hate driving in snow seeing how I have never done it living in Texas! Thanks for the Help