Well, in any case, it's worth visiting this summer if only for the Ansel Adams exhibit at the Geo Eastman House.
Rick --- frank theriault <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 5/15/07, Rick Womer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Condolences not necessary. It's actually a > pleasant > > city. It could use some jobs to replace the > 50,000 > > that Kodak has cut in the last 10 years, though. > > I was being my usual snarky self. I've never been > to Rochester, so I > oughtn't have commented; in any event, I was being > tongue-in-cheek. > > I do know that unemployment is rather high due to > those nasty Kodak > layoffs, otherwise, I know little about Rochester. > > Several years ago some brilliant entrepeneur decided > that a high-speed > hydrofoil ferry service between Toronto and > Rochester would be a good > idea. After fleecing various levels of government > for money, the > thing was a bust. IIRC, It made all of about two or > three round trips > before it went belly-up, leaving behind a trail of > creditors. > > As the inaugural run approached, one of our Toronto > dailies printed an > article, wherein they opined that the ferry would be > a bust because > (a) no one in Rochester has any money, as everyone's > poor due to the > layoffs, so no one from that end would pay to come > to Toronto, and, > (b) Rochester is such a barren wasteland, with > ghettos and crime and > no nightlife or culture, that no one from The Centre > of the Universe > (Toronto) would want to go there. > > I exaggerate a bit, but the slant of the story was > that Rochester > isn't a very appealing place. > > I kind of figured they were wrong, or at least > engaging in hyperbole... > > cheers, > frank > -- > "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri > Cartier-Bresson > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > ____________________________________________________________________________________Luggage? GPS? Comic books? Check out fitting gifts for grads at Yahoo! Search http://search.yahoo.com/search?fr=oni_on_mail&p=graduation+gifts&cs=bz -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
