29 Facts About Rochester NY

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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2. Rochester NY has a number of professional sports teams for fans and spectators.

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3. Rochester NY has long been recognized as the national leader for the imaging, photography and printing industries.

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4. Rochester NY has twelve sister cities, as designated by Sister Cities International.

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5. Rochester NY has an extensive system of limited-access highways which connects all parts of the city and the Thruway.

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6. Rochester NY has intercity and transcontinental bus service via Greyhound and Trailways.

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7. Rochester NY used to be a major stop on several railroad lines.

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8. Rochester NY has a Women's Rugby club, the Rochester NY Renegades, who celebrated their 20th anniversary in 2008.

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9. Rochester NY is home to two men's rugby teams, the Rochester Aardvarks and the Rochester Colonials.

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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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11. Rochester NY has a rich history in golf dating back to the 19th Century.

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12. Rochester NY has fielded three major league sports teams in the past.

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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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17. City of Rochester NY is served by the Rochester NY City School District which encompasses all public primary and secondary education.

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18. City of Rochester NY is protected by approximately 500 professional firefighters in the Rochester Fire Department.

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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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23. The high amount of snow Rochester NY receives can be accounted for by the city's proximity to Lake Ontario.

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24. Rochester NY was home to significant unrest in labor, race, and antiwar protests.

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25. Rochester NY was first known as "the Young Lion of the West", and then as the "Flour City".

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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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27. Rochester NY is the site of many important inventions and innovations in consumer products.

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28. Rochester NY was one of America's first boomtowns, initially due to the fertile Genesee River Valley, which gave rise to numerous flour mills, and then as a manufacturing hub.

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29. Rochester NY is a city on the southern shore of Lake Ontario in western New York.

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