This is a picture of the Rochester sky line.




The "High Falls" of the Genesee River, just out side of downtown. Rochester became a city because of the hydro power available. In the mid-19th Century, the rim of the gorge was lined flour mills making Western, New York the breadbaket of the United States at the time.



How to talk Like A Native

Like any city that has been around for a while, Rochester has it's own unquie ways of saying things. Below is a simulation of the Rochester pronounciation of several words. Click on the link to hear the word spoken.

(Sha-lot) A town of Rochester where the Genesee River empties into Lake Ontario
(Chi-lie) A suburb, and also that is where I live.
(Avon) A nearby town.