It used to be something
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3/23/2010
...back in the 1970's when Kodak employed the masses. This is officially a dead city, mainly supported by a grocery chain (Wegmans, that employs mostly part time workers and pays them crap wages), local private colleges, hospitals, call centers, and basically things that have no export value to produce real money and raise the regional GDP. The property taxes in New York State are very high and make property ownership a losing endeavor. Also there is a 7% income tax in the highest bracket (anything over $20k) and 8.25% sales tax. Unable to vote out the encrusted, tax and spend Democratic incumbents, people have been leaving this area in droves for decades. Those who stay however enjoy relatively short commute times and low housing prices. You may be able to afford the house, but you might not be able to pay the taxes! Also the weather in Rochester is unbearably cold and atrocious for much of the year, save for June, July, August and September.
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