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New York
New York
  Population
8,008,278
  Median Home Value
$211,900
New York City (pronounced /nujk/) (officially The City of New York) is the most populous city in the United States, with its metropolitan area ranking among the largest urban areas in the world. It has been the largest city in the United States since 1790....
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Buffalo
New York
  Population
292,648
  Median Home Value
$59,300
Buffalo (pronounced /bflo/[2]), is an American city in western New York. It lies at the eastern end of Lake Erie and the southern head of the Niagara River. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 292,648. Buffalo is the state's second-....
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Rochester
New York
  Population
219,766
  Median Home Value
$61,300
Rochester, located in Monroe County, is a city in New York State south of Lake Ontario in the United States. Known as The World's Image Centre,[2] it was also once known as The Flour City, and more recently as The Flower City. It is the county seat for Mo....
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Yonkers
New York
  Population
196,086
  Median Home Value
$239,300
Yonkers is the fourth largest city in the U.S. State of New York (it falls behind New York City, Buffalo, and Rochester), and the largest city in Westchester County, with a population of 196,086 (according to the 2000 census). More recent estimates put th....
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Syracuse
New York
  Population
147,326
  Median Home Value
$68,000
Syracuse (locally IPA: [srkjus], sometimes pronounced /srkjus/ or /srkjus/ by non-natives) is a city in Central New York, USA. According to the 2000 census, the city population was 147,306, and its metropolitan area had a population of 732,117. It is the ....
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Albany
New York
  Population
95,658
  Median Home Value
$98,300
Albany is the capital of the State of New York and the county seat of Albany County. Albany is 136 miles (219 km) north of New York City, and slightly to the south of the confluence of the Mohawk and Hudson Rivers.[1] The city has a population of 93,963 (....
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Cheektowaga
New York
  Population
79,986
  Median Home Value
$82,000
Cheektowaga is a town (also a Census-designated Place, see below) in Erie County, New York, USA. As of the 2000 census, the town had a total population of 94,019. The name comes from the Iroquoian word Ji-ik-do-wa-gah, meaning the place of the crab apple ....
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New Rochelle
New York
  Population
72,182
  Median Home Value
$346,900
New Rochelle (French: Nouvelle-Rochelle /la nuvl ol/ (helpinfo)) is a city in the southeast portion of the U.S. state of New York in Westchester County. It is 16 miles from Grand Central Terminal in New York City and 2 miles north of the NYC border (Pelha....
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Mount Vernon
New York
  Population
68,381
  Median Home Value
$240,900
Mount Vernon is a city in Westchester County, New York. It is just north of New York City's Bronx border. With a population of 68,321 residents as of the 2000 Census, it is the eighth largest city in New York State. The city's eastern and western borders....
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Schenectady
New York
  Population
61,908
  Median Home Value
$71,200
Schenectady (pronounced /sknktdi/; kahnhtati[1] in Tuscarora) is a city in Schenectady County, New York, United States, of which it is the county seat. As of the 2000 census, the city had a population of 61,821. Schenectady is the ninth largest city in Ne....
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