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Rochester, NY vs Amarillo, TX

#2 Most Secure Places to Live 2011 (Large Metros)

#6 Most Secure Places to Live in the U.S. (Large Metro Areas)

#6 Most Secure Places to Live in the U.S. (Mid-Size Metro Areas)

#6 The Best Cities for Thanksgiving

#6 America's Top Hygge Cities

#7 Most Competitive Public Colleges

#7 Most Affordable Colleges

#8 Most Romantic Cities for Boomers

#9 Top 10 Cities to Beat the Heat

#18 Best Cities for Teleworking - Medium Metro Areas

#19 America's Best and Worst Cities for Crime (Large Metro Areas)

#25 2005 High Gas Prices

#25 Most Popular Cities for the Holidays

#27 Hypertension Hot Spots

#35 America’s Manliest Sports Cities

#36 America’s Manliest Cities

#37 America’s Least Manly Cities

#37 Best Cities for Board Gamers

#39 Most Energetic Cities

#40 Second Annual “America’s Manliest Cities” Rankings

#41 Most and Least Risky Places for Identity Theft

#43 Cities on the Edge of Greatness

#45 The Most Single Cities

#46 Americas Manliest Cites 2011

#48 America's Migraine Hot Spots

#48 The Most (and Least) Gender Imbalanced Cities

#50 Most Irritation Prone Cities

#54 Drought-Riskiest Cities

#62 America’s Best (and Worst) Cities for Dating

#65 High Gas Prices - Which Cities are Hit the Hardest?

#89 America's Most (and Least) Stressful Cities (100 Largest Metro Areas)

#93 Best Green Cities

#214 2005 Best Places to Live

#102 America's Best and Worst Cities for Crime (Mid-Size Metro Areas)

#229 2005 Best Places to Live

#309 Best Green Cities

Stay out of the rougher patches, and you'll find a pretty solid city. I live within close proximity to it, and the crime from it DOES rub off on us (auto theft), but  More

Rochester isn't perfect (I'll detail pros and cons), but it's certainly perfect for me and my husband. We've lived here for 4 years and are getting ready to purchase our  More

Rochester is a scenic city with so much to offer in terms of things to do and having 4 seasons, except the summer is more like a long spring!! It's a relatively unknown  More

I was originally from here, left for a number of years, and ended up back for a short time due to life circumstances. I have really tried to make the most of my time  More

I moved to Amarillo when I was five and left at 34, the best thing I ever did. Sadly, I came back to help care for my aging grandmother, and as soon as I can, i am  More

Amarillo is not a good place to live. For me it was like living in Hell. I lived there for 50 years. I graduated Canyon High. raised two kids. went through a divorce  More