"Least Stressful City"
• Ranked 11th among 100 Metro Areas for "Least Stressful City". Sperling Stress Index criteria includes: unemployment rate, divorce rate, commute time, violent and property crime rates, suicide rate, alcohol consumption, self-reported "poor mental health", and number of cloudy days. Sperlings's Best Places, 2004
3rd Best Place to Buy a Home
• Zillow.com rated Rochester the third best place to buy a home. (Jan 2011)
Rochester Area Ranks 3rd for Raising A Family
• Forbes magazine ranked the Rochester, NY area the third-best metropolitan region in the country for raising a family. (June 2010)