Rochester has acquired a slew of nicknames over the years — some endearing and others rather derogatory and demeaning.
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Crockchester
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Crotchfester
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Flour City (historic)
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Flower City (also historic)
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Image Center
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Kodak City
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The Lilac City
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Little Detroit
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The Lost Borough
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Murder Capital of New York
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Rachacha
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Roc City
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Rock City
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Rockchester
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Rockin' Rochester (from the song by The Tempests)
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Rottenchester
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Snapshot City
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Soccer Town, USA
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Rochiggity
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Roachester (courtesy of Bette Midler)
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The Little Big City
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Young Lion of the West
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2005-08-01 12:50:14 What is the origin of "Smugtown"? What is the associated book reference? —TobinFricke
2005-08-01 16:54:21 "Smugtown USA" was written in 1957 by Curt Gerling. He wrote that life in Rochester was as "unburdensome as getting a job at Kodak and learning to pat the proper posteriors." It was a scathing and thought-provoking work both then and now. —JohnMoriello
2005-08-01 19:13:22 RottenChester? Never heard that one before... —FarMcKon
2005-08-22 17:30:36 Rottenchester is quite popular on the Rochester CL. —JayUnnikrishnan
2005-08-22 17:36:06 Huh. Never heard of Rochester CL either. That tells you how much I know, eh? —FarMcKon
2005-08-22 18:14:12 CL = craigslist, my friend. —TobinFricke
2005-12-28 01:17:18 craigswhat? —FarMcKon
2005-12-28 03:05:45 Craigth Lithp ... aren't you paying attention? —JasonOlshefsky
2007-02-28 08:57:41 Do nickname slogans count? As in "Rochester: Made for LEAving"? —BadFish
2007-06-19 11:18:39 How do people in and from Rochester self-identify ? Rochesterites , Rocs , Rochesteronians ...? —HimySyed
2007-06-19 13:22:50 Rochestarians, with the accent on the TAR —EastSideStephen
2008-02-24 22:50:19 Here at UR, students like to use "Crotchester." —WillChesebro
2008-06-13 21:58:37 I've heard it called "the little big city." I think it was somewhere else on this site or maybe somewhere else. I kinda like it.
