Definitely a good place to raise a family. A couple of the top public schools in the country are here in the suburbs. There are a lot of Fortune 5000 (so to s

Definitely a good place to raise a family. A couple of the top public schools in the country are here in the suburbs. There are a lot of Fortune 5000 (so to speak) companies around, some were sold off from the Fortune 500 in town, others have started up on their own: Blue Tie, Pictometry. I think every year it is a close race for largest employer between the University of Rochester and Wegmans (awesome grocery store chain). The big companies get more press because of their history and visibility in the market. If Kodak were to fold up shop, there would be a loss of jobs, but it wouldn't devastate the area like the auto industry and Detroit.