Lets be honest here, listening to everyone on this board together you'd think the only habitable cities in the US are Atlanta, Tampa, Phoenix, and Boulder. The only way to settle this... Googlefight:"nicer than Buffalo" is kind of like saying turkey droppings taste better than chicken droppings.
rochester sucks: 69,700 results
rochester is awesome: 903,000 results
lets compare that to cleveland
cleveland sucks: 752,000 results