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> Rochester is great! As a current resident (hopefully changing that soon!), this place has gone seriously downhill. Used to be super cool, now... there are se
by rpmisms 5y ago
> Rochester is great!
As a current resident (hopefully changing that soon!), this place has gone seriously downhill. Used to be super cool, now... there are serious problems, and people have been shot on my street twice this month.
- User23 5y agoI’m curious, which neighborhood, or quadrant, are you in? Some parts of the city have had pretty serious violent crime problems for many years, but many haven’t.
- rpmisms 5y agoPreviously in Churchville, short stint in the 19th Ward, now near West Ridge in Greece. Churchville is an idyllic little town, because it's far enough out that the inner-city problems don't reach it. I don't feel safe downtown, and I understand why CCW applications have skyrocketed.
- thekevan 5y ago>short stint in the 19th Ward, now near West Ridge in Greece There's your problem. If you want to be in the city, stay in the SE quadrant
- rpmisms 5y agoThat's the thing, it's spreading. Used to be that Lyell Ave was the "bad part" of town, now it's everywhere except in close proximity to the gentrified areas.
- TKnab 5y agoWow, I grew up in Churchville. Spent some time in Pittsburgh and Boston and now I'm back in Rochester (East Side). Never thought I'd see my tiny hometown mentioned on HN.
- rpmisms 5y agoIt really is a lovely place. I grew up next to the Black Creek dam, used to take a coffee out there and just watch the sun rise.