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Rochester, MN vs Cannon Falls, MN

#9 Most Comfortable Summer Cities

#10 Most Secure Places to Live 2011 (Mid-Size Cities)

#18 America's Best and Worst Cities for Crime (Smallest Metro Areas)

#101 Best Green Cities

#113 America's Most (and Least) Stressful Cities (117 Smallest Metro Areas)

#144 2005 Best Places to Live

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

I have lived here almost 30 years and loved it. Friendly, but not intrusive people and neighbors. A variety of churches equals a melting pot of many different peoples,  More

Unless your in the top 12% income level this may not be the right choice. We are a bedroom community that has little to no real economy. Taxes are thru the ceiling  More