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Rochester, NY vs Cockeysville, MD

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#27 America’s Manliest Sports Cities

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#29 Most Competitive Private Colleges

#30 Fiscally Fit Cities Report

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

#34 Stressful Cities 2012

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

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#40 Most Romantic Cities for Boomers

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#48 Most Comfortable Summer Cities

#65 Most Popular Cities for the Holidays

#126 Best Green Cities

#179 2005 Best Places to Live

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

Terrific town within 30 minutes of downtown Baltimore, but set in the beautiful horse-country of Northern Baltimore County. Easy access to the Gunpowder Falls park and  More

What makes Cockeysville so great is that it's less than a 20 minute drive from both downtown Baltimore, and the more rural areas of MD. Towson, mainly a large college  More

Cockeysville is a a small community. Its great if you're an "outdoors" person! There are alot of great trails in area for running, bike riding, and hiking. Not much of a  More