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Feel very annoyed about TAing, and it will alleviate your fears about TAing.

Side Effect: You will feel annoyed about TAing.

I am at SUNY Albany, a commuting PhD student. Cannot give any recommendations for housing arrangements. But from what I hear and see, there is nothing inherently wrong with living in Albany.
Generally Albany is pretty good for everything -- there are enough cultural events for theater and music lovers (e.g. the Egg, Proctor's in nearby Schenecteday), outdoors activities (proximity to the Adirondacks, Lake George) and a goodly selection of campus activities. Washington Park is lovely year round, food is reasonably palatable and cheap.
It really depends on your tastes and budget.
In my opinion Albany is fairly generic -- generally safe and pleasant (exception: Arbor Hill), a bit rundown but with unmistakable signs of former prosperity with historical architecture aplenty. The governenment buidings dominate the center of the city, which means it becomes dead after 4pm. Commute is very easy, and there are really great nearby neighborhoods adjacent to Albany proper.
Your fiancee may have to do some adjustments to find a teaching job. Most public and private school teachers have Master's degree and, I believe they need NYState certification. Finding a rsuitable teaching job will take some serious looking, unless your fiancee teaches math or science; then it may be somewhat easier.
The climate is rather trying. Winters are real winters, and summers can be hot. But spring and fall are really lovely and long -- it just occured to me that Tulip festival is coming up -- my favorite event!
Hope that helps a bit.
Oh yes, and you will need a car.

Hi! I just got accepted to the College of Saint Rose for Speech Pathology. I've never lived in a city before so I'm a little stumped on how/where to start looking for housing. Does anyone have any advice? On campus vs off campus? What's a reasonable price for the area? Thanks!

Really good! 
 
There are shuls for Reform, Reconstructionist, Conservative, and Orthodox between Chapel Hill, Durham, and Raleigh.  There's also a thriving Chabad for UNC/Duke combined.  
 
There's a significant Jewish population in Durham/Chapel Hill.  If you want to chat more about the area, PM me.

I'm not Jewish but dr. Levenson of the religion department is at FSU, I've worked with him (he also does some classics stuff) an he's very involved in the Jewish community and is always sharing with the class events that are going on. Dr Levenson also teaches Hebrew and I've had many Jewish students in my class. So I don't know the experience first hand by from what I've seen there is an active Jewish community in Tallahassee

I chose to stay at my 'lower' ranking school (U. Albany) for PhD for several reasons. First of all, there are no rankings for individual programs, so just because a top school is excellent for overall public health, doesn't mean that their specific program tracks are just as excellent, OR is a good fit for you. Just like at my school, I think that my program track's faculty and research are miles better than other tracks here. After interviewing elsewhere (a school that has much higher rankings overall and as research institution), I realized my opportunities to grow as a researcher, a professional, and as an academic in my specific area of interest (EHS) were much better here in Albany. I was offered an RA position for an important/unique study, will being doing data collection, and have better teaching opportunities and future faculty training here. Not only that, the overall morale of students and faculty in my department is by far superior to where I interviewed elsewhere.
 
Of course a place like Harvard or Johns Hopkins is going to look better on your CV than a state school. But it's also about where you are going to be happy, and what you DO and ACCOMPLISH in graduate school, not just the name.

Are you talking about RIT or RPI? RIT is in Rochester, and RPI is in Albany/Troy; they are >200 miles apart. Good luck in your search!