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East Ridge, TN vs Rochester, MN

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Lived here almost 30 years. Biggest problem is corrupt police, they're worse than the criminals. They still believe in the good old boy Network. Not really much in East  More

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