Mendon, NY
An upscale rural suburb of Rochester, NY featuring the 2,500 acre Mendon Ponds Park. Demographics are as follows: 50% deer, 40% people, and 10% horses. To reduce taxes, many people raise everything from llamas and alpacas to sheep and bison. One guy even has his own zoo. Mendon properties typically feature one or more of the following: horse stables, ponds, tennis courts, hiking trails, golf courses and game preserves. The town has a high concentration of entrepreneurs, gentlemen farmers, horse people, authors and global experts on obscure topics.
“People in Mendon, NY spend more per capita on their gardens than people almost anywhere else in the world do.” “Why is that?” “The Mendon deer have discerning palettes, ravenous appetites and strong sex drives.”