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Rochester is a city founded in 1854 in the U.S. State of Minnesota and is the county seat of Olmsted County located on the Zumbro River's south fork in Southeast Minnesota. It is Minnesota's third-largest city and the largest city located outside the Minneapolis-St. Paul Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of 2015, the Rochester metropolitan area has a population of 215,884. According to the 2010 United States Census the city has a population of 106,769. The U.S. Census Bureau estimated that the 2016 population was 114,011. It is the home of the Mayo Clinic and formerly, one of IBM's largest facilities. The city has long been rated as one of the best places to live in the United States by multiple publications such as Money and is one of the most educated cities in the world.
IBM no longer owns the site in Rochester, MN. The site was sold to IRG for 33.9 Million dollas in March 2018.

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Rochester is very diverse. I've lived here all my life. Everyone is super friendly around here. I'm the type who likes to meet new people and have conversations.

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Rochester Mn is nice place to live. It where the mayo clinic is located and it one of the safest place i have ever lived in. I moved here in the 8th grade and went up to 11th grade. But then i moved to Moorhead and graduated from there. Nice community never really have any real problems.

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other than it is close to downtown, we like the area

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