Me and my wife loved Rochester. It has a unique charm that sets it apart from all other upstate cities. The food and nightlife scene were awesome! It is very clean and the people were all so nice to us! We will defanitely be coming back soon! I dont get how other people wrote bad things about it on here, they must have grown up there and now have a distaste for it. WE HIGHLY RECOMEND ROCHESTER!

I lived in Rochester for one year and was happy to leave. The best thing about Rochester was Pittsford area and Henrietta. Downtown - there is nothing except a waterfall. Barely any bars or places to eat. IDowntown has a lot of crime and is not safe at night. It is like the rest of the upstate cities in NY - a dump that needs help. The best thing about upstate NY is the Finger Lakes, Adirondacks, Letchworth, Niagara (on Canada's side).

The weather is terrible. It is gray 90% of the year. The people are rude and miserable. There is nothing to do, I was so glad to leave, and say never again!!!!! STAY AWAY

rude people, no oppertunities...boring hole with old money and no change....racially devided and pretentious.....i cant wait to get the heck out of here. this place is ok if you already have a career with children and feel like al bundy!

I have been to many cities and none are like Rochester, NY. For a small city it is much cleaner, and has more history than surrounding cities like Buffalo and Syracuse. Rochester was the home to the founder of Kodak, George Eastman, and Kodak to this day has some of it plants still in Rochester. Rochester was also the home to Susan B. Anthony and ...

Non-Upstaters shudder when you mention places like Buffalo or Syracuse, because of either their awful winter weather or their very bleak economic prospects. However between those two decaying cities is one that is quite different: Rochester.

Rochester still gets the snow, but its culture is much different. For a city of its size there is a great ...

One should not confuse the city of Rochester with the surrounding area. The actually city of Rochester is a depressing, dirty and squalid place with very little to offer. Nightlife is limited unless you want to go barhopping and sit among the miserable locals and be ignored (having a conversation that lasts more than two sentences is a rarity). Avoid the months from Oct to May
unless you want the weather to match the coldness of the people.

I like pretty much everything about this misunderstood and underrated city set on the breathtaking Genesee River vally/finger lakes/lake ontario landsacpe. The history is amazing. George Eastman (Founder of Kodak, which is headquartered in Rochester), Susan B. Anthony, and Frederick Douglas all called Rochester home. The Corn Hill neighborhood will ...

I dislike this place beacuse there is no place for fun night but mostly spend with friends. The weather was over crazy change everyday.