| | Rochester, MN | Appleton, WI | United States |
| Overall | 94.2 | 88.1 | 100 |
| Food & Groceries | 99.9 | 94.2 | 100 |
| Health | 88.7 | 95.3 | 100 |
| Housing | 97.1 | 69.6 | 100 |
| Median Home Cost | $291,900 | $222,800 | $338,100 |
| Utilities | 9,970.0% | 9,790.0% | 10,000.0% |
| Transportation | 74.3 | 74.1 | 100 |
| Miscellaneous | 134.6 | 127.5 | 100 |
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Reviews for Rochester 
31 Reviews
Roch (and Minnesota) is a great place IF you live off the govt dole; subsidize undesirable things (through generous welfare benefits, lax law enforcement and sentences, More
Rochester is very vanilla. As a progressive, this place is not good. The area leans conservative and you'll see Trump signs everywhere... so that tells you the type of More
I moved here over 20 years ago from California and I was in shock for the first couple of years that people actually lived in such a cold climate! Winter starts around More
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Reviews for Appleton 23 Reviews
Just to clarify my earlier review, the people are generally unfriendly, except the overweight women( 90% of women here) are friendly. Tailgatings on 1-41 an 441 is very More
Women here are very heavy. People are rude here, will cut you off in public and not say a word. People at the gym walk in and do not even look at you, even though you More
Something is happening in Appleton. The place used to be called the shopping capital of Wisco. But, slowly this rather commercial-sounding moniker is being replaced by More
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