I moved to the Rochester area a couple of years ago after over a decade in Denver. It is different here but not as bad as Pirate indicates. As you know by now, Eccie.net is the primary review board in this area. Another but without review postings is http://myproviderguide.com and I would say it is probably fairly accurate. If you have a chance to go to Canada then look at http://www.gterb.com and http://www.sp411.com and in Toronto http://www.theredzone.com/toronto/. They have an entirely different attitude and set of laws there.
Good luck
Zin3