[oh8eleven]

Not all that long ago - 1940s thru mid 1960s - Rochester used to be one of the Top 10 cities in the country to live in.
  I was a teen and my family moved here (Greece) in July 1964 from NYC. I thought I was in heaven.
  Just weeks later the race riots started and the city has never been the same.
What a damned shame.

[Labyrinthos]

Rochester is one of my least favorite places to visit in the USA. I was at a business meeting in the downtown area when the Rodney King riots erupted. I needed a mounted police escort to walk to the parking garage. There are very few areas within the City that are habitable - there are a few nice neighborhoods off E. Main and E. University outside the Inner Loop - but walk a couple blocks and your life is in danger.