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Rochester, NY vs Waxhaw, NC

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#17 Sperlings Skincare Wrinkle Ranking

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#19 Most and Least Risky Places for Identity Theft

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#23 Cities on the Edge of Greatness

#23 Hypertension Hot Spots

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#24 Stressful Cities 2012

#24 Fiscally Fit Cities Report

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#46 America's Migraine Hot Spots

#65 The Most (and Least) Gender Imbalanced Cities

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

#71 Most Comfortable Summer Cities

#74 The Most Single Cities

#272 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

Waxhaw used to be a good place, I was born and raised here loving the small friendly town and enviorment. The summer parades were amazing as this was an ideal place to  More

The schools claim to be good but in reality they are just overrated and kind of bad plus the schools are all overcrowded from everyone moving here. No sidewalks anywhere  More

It is dangerous and arrogant to jump to conclusions. It is not prejudice towards single women, or any women for that matter. It is a growing saddness that natives feel  More