1. Rochester NY is served by several local television and radio stations, with WROC-TV as the oldest television station serving the Rochester metro area.
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6. Rochester NY has intercity and transcontinental bus service via Greyhound and Trailways.
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10. Rochester NY is the largest Metropolitan Statistical Area in the US which does not include at least one college or university participating at the NCAA Division I level in all sports.
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13. Rochester NY was host of the Barleywood Female University, a short-lived women's college from 1852 to 1853.
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14. Rochester NY contributed greatly to the University of Rochester from wealth based on the success of Eastman Kodak.
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15. University of Rochester NY is the metropolitan area's oldest and most prominent institution of higher learning, and one of the country's top research centers.
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16. The University of Rochester NY is the only large research institution primarily within the city limits, although Monroe Community College and SUNY Brockport operate campuses downtown.
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19. Rochester NY was home to French's Mustard, whose address was 1 Mustard Street.
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20. In 2006, the University of Rochester NY became the Rochester area's largest employer, surpassing the Eastman Kodak Company.
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21. Rochester NY is home to a number of Fortune 1000 and international businesses, including Eastman Kodak, as well as several national and regional companies, such as Carestream Health.
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22. In 1997, Rochester NY was reported to have the largest per-capita deaf population in the United States.
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26. Rochester NY was founded shortly after the American Revolution by a wave of English-Puritan descended immigrants from New England who were looking for new agricultural land.
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