When I was growing up in Syracuse, to me Rochester was literally “the shining city on a hill.”
To me Rochester was like Ithaca only bigger.
Rochester is called the flour city because of the many flour mills that were once there. When I was a kid growing up there, we used to say it was called the “flower” city because it stinks. It was also said that all the criminals came to Rochester, because they could get away with murder there. The city has definitely gone down hill since my childhood. The west side of the city where I grew up has become a $hit-hole like the rest of the place.
Too close for comfort.....
Now...it's a Dem slum ruled by a new set of demographics.
High school graduation rate is about 40%...disgusting.