EDITOR’S NOTE: This story is a collaboration between The Associated Press and the Rochester Institute of Technology. One of America’s first boomtowns and a former manufacturing hub ...

and the Rochester Institute of Technology, which sits in the southwest suburbs. Rochester is also known for its “garbage plates” — French fries covered in hamburger meat and baked beans ...

EDITOR’S NOTE: This story is a collaboration between The Associated Press and the Rochester Institute of Technology. Far from coasts, cities like Rochester, Buffalo and Duluth don’t face ...