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The Kodak legacy will always make Rochester well known, even as the company largely becomes irrelevant. It was still one of the "Great American Companies" for over a century and a brand that everyone knows the world over. That will probably be the case for the foreseeable future as well as old photos/memorabilia will bare the Kodak brand. B&L and Xerox are pretty well known companies too (yes, I know Xerox is headquartered in Connecticut but it still employs more people in Rochester than anywhere else and Rochester is the seat of it's R&D department). UofR is a great and growing school and a solid replacement as the backbone of the Rochester economy, but Kodak will still be more nationally and globally recognized and associated with Rochester for a long time.
Rochester is also fairly historically significant for a city its size with its significant role in the abolitionist and woman's suffragist movements (with both Frederick Douglass and Susan B. Anthony having lived here)
The Kodak legacy will always make Rochester well known, even as the company largely becomes irrelevant. It was still one of the "Great American Companies" for over a century and a brand that everyone knows the world over. That will probably be the case for the foreseeable future as well as old photos/memorabilia will bare the Kodak brand. B&L and Xerox are pretty well known companies too (yes, I know Xerox is headquartered in Connecticut but it still employs more people in Rochester than anywhere else and Rochester is the seat of it's R&D department). UofR is a great and growing school and a solid replacement as the backbone of the Rochester economy, but Kodak will still be more nationally and globally recognized and associated with Rochester for a long time.
Rochester is also fairly historically significant for a city its size with its significant role in the abolitionist and woman's suffragist movements (with both Frederick Douglass and Susan B. Anthony having lived here)
Sorry, but Rochester is not well known outside of NY State..... I know it is painful for natives, but it is the truth
Syracuse is much better known because of the Orange basketball team being in the tournament every year and Buffalo is even more so because of the NFL
It may not be fair, but it is what it is
Kodak made the quality of life great up there before, but people have largely forgotten about the company nationally and where it was located
To some extent, maybe Daytona Beach, FL
- famous raceway. Birthplace of auto racing
- famous college Spring Break and Motorcycle destination
- the longest beach that you can legally drive on for 20 miles
- headquarters of golfing association
- claims to have the US's largest flea-market
Williamsburg, VA
- arguably the foremost living-history town in the world (although traffic is declining)
- home to Busch Gardens, consistently voted the US's most attractive theme park
- home to golfing retirement communities
Hershey, PA
- world-famous chocolate factory, a tourist attraction
- well-known orphanage
- professional Hockey team
- has popular amusement park, and also a Zoo
- historic Hotel with rose garden
Santa Fe, NM. It's smaller than Albuquerque, yet
- has its own Symphony
- has its own Opera company
- is a world famous Artist colony and tourist mecca
- was the abbreviated name of a major Railroad (Freight cars are still labeled with its name today)
- has the oldest public building in the USA
Sorry, but Rochester is not well known outside of NY State..... I know it is painful for natives, but it is the truth
Syracuse is much better known because of the Orange basketball team being in the tournament every year and Buffalo is even more so because of the NFL
It may not be fair, but it is what it is
Kodak made the quality of life great up there before, but people have largely forgotten about the company nationally and where it was located
Perhaps, but I wouldn't underestimate the Kodak brand, as many people are familiar with it. Good point about the Abolitionist and Suffragist movements too, I'minformed.
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