Pluses: It is a good place to do genealogy.The John Logan College has a good library for research . We live in Indiana and have been in Carterville,il for a genealogy conference at the college.We enjoyed or stay and hope to get to come back again.
Minuses: None that I can think of.
A great place to... live in the winter it can get very cold here in Indiana and we usually get about 35 inches of snow. It would ba a nice place to retire.
My fathers family lived in Cambria,il and my Grandmother was from Carterville.
Pluses: It is quiet and quaint. It is starting to have more antique and resale shops where people can actually come and enjoy a day of shopping and dining.
Minuses: I have never seen so much trash in my life. Does anyone have to do community service here? What do the prisoners do? Someone needs to get out and clean up the side streets. Do you have an annual trash clean up week? This is a lake town. A resort town. It should be clean and pristine. I think more people would enjoy the area and make Whitney a destination for the weekend if it was cleaner.
Pluses: In my opinion as well as all Magnolians, it is one of the best places to live in Texas, and it is developing very well into a popular location.
Neighbors are friendly and business opportunities waiting for anyone that likes a good and honest chance.
Is it true that a very popular recreation and adventure for all ages may select Magnolia Texas for one of it's locations?
Minuses: Some say that it is far from main Houston, but how far? Just 45 minutes drive away? Is that far?
A great place to... A good place to settle down and a good place to have an office! Definitely a good place to do honest business.
A good place to participate in special occasions.
Magnolia Texas has a profound history, and is a developing city. It is a 45 minute drive outskirt of main Houston Texas.
Pluses: Winchester is a wonderful small town where everyone knows each other by first name. People aren't afraid to go to bed at night with their front doors unlocked. We just got our first fast food restaurant, which is a Subway. We have one gas station, a funeral home, a bank, a pharmacy, the post office, a dairy bar, and a small diner. One big plus is the Appalacian Highway is on the edge of town and it runs right into Cincinnati, so it's convenient. If you like a small, quiet town that is surrounded by country/farmland, you'll love Winchester!
Minuses: It's a 45 min. drive to the edge of Cincinnati, so if you hate to drive, Winchester is not the place to be. The nearest grocery store is in Seaman, and it's a very small store. The nearest Wal-Mart is in West Union, which is roughly 25 minutes away. If you live here, you have to love to drive.
A great place to... Winchester is a wonderful place to raise a family. I grew up here and there is nowhere else in the world I would want to raise a family. It's quiet with very little crime. Everyone at school knows each other. My graduating class was 88 people, and that was in 2002.
Every year, we have village-wide yard sales in the spring for 3 days, and every labor day weekend, we have the Caramel Festival.
Pluses: For the most part, Rockmart is a beautiful city. I'm sure everyone is excited about the Walmart coming and all the revenue and new jobs it'll bring. All in all...i like it here. It's very peaceful.
Minuses: There is so much trash on the side of the roads its incredible. I just moved here from Chattanooga about 3 mo's ago, and enjoy this city very much. All except for the trash. Ive lived a lot of places and have never seen such a problem with ppl throwing trash onto the highway/road side. I ride my bike generally 4 times aweek down the Silver Comet trail, and do what i can to pick up what i can, but the problem is seriously enormous. I know other cities utilize inmates to collect trash...this might be a consideration for this city also. Please take a look around and you'll understand what im talking about.
Also there seem to be a lot of 'loose', hungry dogs wandering around. I see packs going down the road in front of my house. Im an animal lover and have 'adopted' a few and feed them due to the fact that their ribs are showing. It's sad really. The dogs around here either seem to be tied to a tree or let loose to roam.
Pluses: Great people live there! And the snow removal is efficient in winter. There's lots of rolling hills all around with lovely forests and lakes as well.
Minuses: It needs more of a sense of community spirit. It doesn't have a parks and rec building or other sizable meeting hall to inspire gatherings to build that spirit. I stand to be corrected, however, since I visit only once or twice yearly. This is where I grew up and where my dad was born and raised. The VFW and the American Legion and our small local church were the main gatherings in my youth. There's also no bicycle lanes or any outreach for bicyclists in the area. An indoor heated swimming pool for year round exercise and fitness would be a great asset to the community. Humidity and mosquitos are minuses
No nearby train connections
A great place to... Paint scenery
Photograph beautiful autumn scenes
Walk the hilly streets from Sparta Avenue up to the hospital on the hill
Read books
Meet friendly people
Go to a County Fair just a few mi. away in Branchville the first week of August
View and purchase beautiful paintings of local artist and instructor, Roz Hollander
About 60 mi. from NYC
A couple hours to some Jersey Shore spots
A few hours from Philadelphia
An hour from Newark, NJ airport
Has a giant Shoprite grocery in a diversified shopping area at the edge of Newton that draws people from all over the county region
This shopping plaza even has a Marshall's; sadly, there is no TJMax or Trader Joe's
Pluses: People are wonderful, friendly and unpretentious. Amazing sunsets on the water. Great History and museums. Old restored buildings. Love the River Festival, Christmas Festival and Soul Food presentation. Columbia is a town about the arts; downtown is an awesome art center for the people by the people. Lots of eco tourism and water access for canoing and fishing and hunting. Columbia has a deep water marina with lots of boat slips and facilities. There are a few real fine churches. Great water front visitors center with museum, patios with rocking chairs, boardwalk and 24-hour facilities.
Minuses: Columbia on the Inner Banks in only a good half half from the buzzing Outer Banks and eventually the buzz will unfortunately catch up to the charming, historic Victorian water front town. A lot of developers are checking out the Inner Banks and that means that the taxes will rise.
A great place to... Build a house and raise a family or retire. Great schools, low crime. 4-H education & conference center is a wonderful place to get married.
You find lots of information about Columbia on the fine Greater Tyrrell County Chamber of Commerce website http://www.visittyrrellcounty.com or see even more photos on http://www.ColumbiaNC.com
Pluses: I remember Dewitt for its fall festival. I think in 1944 I played horseshoes in their tournament and won a sack of laying mash. I was 16 years old at the time. I also worked for Roy Twist as a hired hand. Old memories. Don Ayers Philomath Oregon
Pluses: Unlike Myrtle Beach and N. Myrtle Beach, Holden Beach is non-congested, quieter, and has less traffic.
Minuses: The number one minus for Holden Beach that I can think of is there is not enough parking space for those that come to the beach from inland areas. Although there is a new free shuttle bus that runs over the bridge, it would be awesome to have a parking deck built on the island. An ideal place would be behind Candy Man's / across from Paradise Cafe. This parking deck would be beneficial to visitors attending the festivals as well!
A great place to... relax, fish, paint, read, enjoy fellowship with friends... just a good ol' place to get away!
Pluses: I have lived near mooresville NC all my life and would not live any where else. I am an artist, photographer, and writer and could live anywhere in the USA, but find Mooresville almost perfect. Mooresville has a quaint downtown with art galleries, giftshops, antiqueshops, clothing store, and restaurants. I August, there si the Cotton Ketchie Arts Festival sponsored by the Mooresville/ Lake Norman Exchange Club to raise money for child abuse prevention.
Minuses: The traffic situation along I-77 is getting to be a major problem.
A great place to... to spend a day roaming the stores and shops of downtown or visiting the race shops, and museums.
Pluses: Mt Ulla NC is in western Rowan County and is still mainly farmland and has many historical homes and buildings still standing. It is very beautiful. I am an artist an photographer and find the entire area to be a wealth of subject matter to apply my trade.
Minuses: There are no minuses. Everyone who lives in the area are extrememly friendly and helpful.
A great place to... Unwind at Sloan Park at the restored Kerr Grist Mill.
Pluses: Living at Cobb Hill is peaceful, and a beautiful, scenic place. Part is in The Daniel Boone National Forest. There are historic places to visit nearby and only a few miles away. Natural Bridge State Park and The Red River Gorge are only about 25 miles from Cobb Hill, with access either from mainstream highways or scenic back roads. Ravenna, sister city to Irvine, is only 8 miles away, Irvine being only ten miles away. Although on a "mountain", there are modern utilities such as electricity and city water. Television can come from an antenna or from a satellite dish. One can choose to live with main road frontage, or on a country lane in a more secluded area. School buses deliver our children to school and bring them home in the afternoon. There are fresh water springs spewing from mountainsides all around. There is a volunteer fire department at Cobb Hill. Sometimes the moon seems close enough to play volleyball with, and stars are not faded by city lights.
Minuses: Locals refer to the road that begins Cobb Hill as "the mountain", because it is a steep, upward climb to the top. But, Cobb Hill is only about 1,200 feet in elevation, so the top isn't very far away. Local officials see that Cobb Hill, and another mountainous community called Barns Mountain, are salted when ice and snow falls to insure ambulance and fire trucks can reach people if needed, which isn't a minus at all. There is a hospital in Irvine, a larger one in Richmond, which is 20 miles from Irvine, and of course larger hospitals in Lexington. But, recently, roads have been improved so traveling isn't as long going. There aren't a lot of jobs in Estill County, so going to other counties for work is the largest complaint for the entire county, not just Cobb Hill.
A great place to... Get back to nature without giving up modern conveniences. Live near good people who care about each other.
The entire county is in battle with drugs, which swept through here as they have done almost every town and city in the United States. If you are a drug dealer, stay away from Cobb Hill. We want this community to be as it was when we were children, peaceful and safe, with modern advances in productive ways only.
Pluses: The good thing about Chuluota is that it's quiet. You can live on a good piece of land and not live too close to your neighbors. The people seem to be friendly.
Minuses: The bad thing about Chuluota is that there has been several break ins in the area . I don't feel safe here like I used to.
Pluses: Channelview is a suburb of Houston, with downtown only being 15 minutes away. It is close to I-10 and Beltway 8, so you can get around easily. Also, you can get a bigger houses for lower prices. The school district is good. There are many new subdivisions being built, so there is a lot of growth right now. There is a local community college close with an extension center for a university.
Minuses: It is near to Equistar and Lyondell which are chemical plants. However, these plants are very involved in the community and are involved in giving a lot to the college and school district.
A great place to... raise your family near a large city without feeling like you are in a traffic jam all of the time.
Make sure you know where you are going. Sterling Green neighborhood has many streets with same name, which can be confusing. So, know the cross streets for the address you are looking for.
There is a lot of history in Channelview and a diverse community to live.
Pluses: the people are the heart and soul of machias..i was based at bucks harbor afs 1963 to 1965..i finally had an opportuntity to return and bring my wife with me. it was as if i had not left and the people that we spoke with were as friendly and outgoing as when i arrived in aug 1963. i plan to send to you a story about my arrival in machias and hope that you will print. my wife ask me why i wanted to return to a small town in maine and i told her that the people and town made a huge impression on me. had i been able to find work in 1965 i would have stayed in machias..
Minuses: the winters are brutal..i remember back in 1964 the tempt stayed below or around zero for 30 days...
A great place to... raise a family..
i plan to return this summer of 2007 and spend more time looking around and enjoying helen restaurant cooking...
Pluses: This is a great place to go in the winter.
The crowds are less, and you do take your chances with the weather, but if you stay for a few days you will probably be rewarded with some spectacular views.
Pluses: Good neighborhoods, easy access to anywhere, relatively inexpensive real estate, many big projects that should change the face of Worcester, many gems (i.e art museum, Higgins Armory), numerous quality colleges
Minuses: Dirty downtown, greedy unions
A great place to... raise a family, dine inexpensively
Pluses: Three Rivers seems to be trying to revive it's historical charm.
Minuses: The city imposes unfair codes such as snow removal by homeowners from city sidewalks. If a code is violated a ticket is sent in the mail with no warning. Also, this is a depressed area and as a result questionable individuals walk the streets and even approach homes looking for money.....or worse.
A great place to... Visit the downtown area, there are unique shops and eateries.
Pluses: Comanche is the county site of Comanche County. It is a small town with good neighborly people. There is a good hospital, several doctors, good schools with teachers who care about the community and the children and many good churches. There is an excellent geneological collection housed at the Comanche Library and a museum with multiple rooms full of memorabilia and artifacts about Comanche County history. The county was formed in 1856. Two annual events that draw crows from other areas are the John Wesley Hardin Day (3rd weekend in May) and Pow Wow a festival held the last weekend in September.
Minuses: No malls, no theaters, not even a major department store. Comanche is only 25 miles away from a college town with shopping. We have a Brookshire's grocery store and a western wear store. There are several antique shops and restaurants.
A great place to... Live quietly, get to know you neighbors
Pluses: #1. The very best thing is the Healing Temple. Sit and meditate while you wait your turn for healing because it just feels so good to sit there.
#2. It is nice to be surrounded by people of like mind. No one thinks you are weird for your beliefs.
#3. The service on Sunday. Wonderful and very uplifting. The lectures are always good the music is powerful.
#4. The message services at the stump.
#5. The private reading with resident mediums.
#6. Last but not least, the classes.
Minuses: The management of and at the Maplewood Hotel. I do not recommend that you stay there.
Can't get a cup of coffee or tea after the cafeteria closes.
A great place to... Relax.
Be yourself.
Connect with spirit.
Commune with nature.
Meditate.
Pray.
Draw.
Heal and be healed.
Get away from media and TV.
Take a class.
Walk.
Feast you eyes on the cute houses and gardens.
Go with an open mind. Recharge your human battery. It will be hard to leave but you will be refreshed and in a higher vibration. It is hard to describe, go feel it for yourself.
Pluses: quiet, safe, your close to shopping, (6-7 miles out) but not so close to feel closed in.
We may not have a grocery store, but I can find almost everything I want at the marathon gas station:
deli, grocery store, and DVDs to rent.
We have some fun shops (craft, antique)
Our Library is small, but the customer service is awesome. If they don't have a book they get for you.
Minuses: Library is not open on the weekends
A great place to... Live, walk your dog, and raise kids
Living out of the city limits, has some great views, suger loaf mountain, rolling hills and farm land.
Pluses: I honestly believe that the house values around here will greatly increase over the next few years. It is quiet and doesn't have the hustle and bustle of city life.
Minuses: Small town close-mindedness. It just seems like some people have nothing better to do than drive around town looking for things to complain about. Everybody knows everybody else's business.
A great place to... raise children if they are born here. Also, if you like to be near a river, it is a great place.
Pluses: reasonable rents in Center City, good restaurants, historical sites
Minuses: crime, no real police presense, homeless in the upscale areas of Center City, 1 department store (Macy's that has only opened last September) in Center City
A great place to... visit if you are an American History buff, but think twice about living here until the gangs, guns and resulting crime is addressed by a serious mayor and a professional police commissioner (but don't hold your breath!)
Pluses: Cheap Rents for some.
Police work real hard trying to keep the residents safe!
Some places have Beautiful views of the bay, Downtown.
Curtis Bay is GREAT PRIME real Estate for large corps. looking to invest. Up scale living & shopping.
Minuses: Drugs!
Properties that need cleaning up.
Absent Landlords located.
Pluses: Everyone seems friendly and helpful. I really like the way the town is laid out, it's easy to find whatever your looking for!
Minuses: Wish we had a Walmart a little closer! Well make that a LOT closer, lol, and of course a bigger library!
A great place to... In my case retire, kick back, enjoy the wide open spaces, and room for a garden and my dogs, plus the herd of cats!
Having lived in Los Angeles, a native Californian, Las Vegas, and Orlando, believe me this is quite restful, different, and believe me happy to have Jacksonville close, but it's great to live in a place, where I really can leave the door unlocked, well, at least while I check the mail, lol!
Pluses: Great place for children. They cannot get away with much without their parents finding out. If you love to ride horses like I do, then saddle up and ride all over town. Everyone here is usaully willing to lend a helping hand with projects or mishaps. Everyone knows out-of-towners when they drive through and know when you have company (which can also be a minus) Alot of the rif-raf eventually move. You know everyones bad habits.
Minuses: Newcomers have to earn trust and are not always easily accepted. To many domestic animals dumped.
A great place to... Raise children, garden, cattle and live the farm life. A good place to fish the river. A good place to have a picnic. A good place to find yourself.
Blackburn has an annual Softball game on the 4th of July. Our town has two churchs: Baptist and United Methodist
Pluses: Chunky is a quiet town just close enough to "town" without all the traffic and confusion. Great School System.
Minuses: No gas station/store
A great place to... retire, raise a family.
Hwy 80 runs straight thru city limits, I 20 is less than one mile north of city limits. The Chunky River graces the south end of Chunky. Prior to 1903, Chunky used to be named Chunkyville. The Chunky Cemetery located just inside city limits, just south of I20 exit, can be dated back to the graves of the Confederate soldiers who died during the Civil War.
Mary E. McCraw, wife of S.A. McCraw died July 5, 1871, and William H. Thompson died in 1872. These are two of the oldest, legible, grave markers in the Cemetery.
Some graves in Chunky Cemetery also have markers carved from different shapes of rocks. These do not have legible names or dates, and some have no names or dates.
Pluses: Newbern is a great little town--the old fashioned town where everyone knows everyone or knows someone related to everyone. Neighbors watch out for each other and each other's children. Crime rate is low and schools are good.
Minuses: Not a lot of shopping or night life, but that is probably what keeps our town so peaceful.
A great place to... raise a family, retire, or just enjoy living.
Every September, our town has a festival that incorporates several events culminating in the Depot Day Festival Event (usually the third Saturday in September.) Events include beauty pagents, horse shows, golf tournament, and the downtown festival includes yard sales, vendor booths, children's inflatables, Hobo Stew cookoff, gymnastics demonstrations, dinner theater, and the longest continuous cake walk in Tennessee. The event was begun years ago to raise funds to restore and maintain the train station for Amtrak to make stops twice a day.
Pluses: Small, freindly community. Lots of diversity, community cont
ains an unique mixture of personalities and professions not usually seen in a community this size.
A great place to... Vacation and live, raise a family.
Pluses: Very interesting wildlife there (deer, racoon, porcipine, muskrats, otter, fisher, & turtle. Lots of beautiful eagles-families of them!
Minuses: The only thing in this town is a very tiny tavern. Most of the people that go there on the weekends are from Chicago area & have cabins there. The wildlife is CRAZY there. Swamp land everywhere. The mosquito's are masive & in mass quantities. No bug spray works to keep them away. The local town people (all 12 of them) are.... different. Think backwoods Louisianna. Very unusual town. The army has a bombing range just a mile out of the town. Several times per year they test bomb. It is very intense & shakes the entire town. It used be the rattle snake capitol- but once the bombing range moved in, all the rattle snakes left the area.
A great place to... Hunt- if you dont mind the bugs & the swampland!!
This town is right at the edge of two counties- very remote area. It takes police or ambulance a LONG time to get out there (30-45 minutes!!) The closest town for gas/groceries is 30-45 minutes away. If you want to be left alone, dont mind wacky-but friendly people, enjoy wildlife, and dont mind swampy muk year round with mosquitos that kryptonite wont kill...this is the place for you!!
Pluses: Pugh Park is a hidden gem. On the weekends, the lower part of the park is great for swimming and socializing. The upper part of the park has some great natural features and is a good place to kick back and relax.
Minuses: Pugh Park is not well maintained. There is litter and household trash along the cliffs from table 21 to the end of the park. Most people who go to the park for recreation stay at the lower end of the park and do take care to clean up when they leave. The upper end of the park has beautiful cliffs and rock formations that are hard to enjoy because of the litter.
Pluses: I grew up in Cumberland, it a wonderful place to raise children. Fort Hill High School is among the Best. The major crime rate is low and scenic view can not be beat!
Minuses: The job growth is low and wages are not high, if your a young person tring to start out and want to make something of yourself, this is not the place
A great place to... Visit or Retire
When I lived in Cumberland all I ever dreamed about was moving somewhere else, now that I live in a big city the big thing I have learned is ... I never realized how valuable knowing your neighbor was. Life moves fast in this world and sometimes when you visit a place like Cumberland where people know their neighbors and say Hi when you walk down the street, it makes you stop and wonder what are we all really rushing around for?
Pluses: Great weather from mid-Oct to mid-May
Lots of non-water outdoor recreation activities
Close to many scenic areas of the Southwest
Spring Training in March
Minuses: Very hot weather from mid-May to mid-Oct
Sprawling but laid out on a grid
Traffic and aggressive drivers
Used to be an inexpensive place to live
A great place to... Retire to
Relax in the constant sunshine
Pluses: Small, but sophisticated historic community located in the NW corner of Illinois. Beautful rolling hills, a good place to raise a family or retire to. About 3 hours to Chicago and 30 minutes to Dubuque, IA. Great restaurants and shops.
Minuses: Lack of high paying jobs. Nearest airport is in Dubuque, IA.
A great place to... Relax, enjoy historic architecture, get away from hussle and bussle of big cities.
Pluses: I have not been to Piffard NY yet but plan to go... I didn't even know it existed...I'm from Canada and I was told my ancestors were from France. Now I'm discovering that they were from England.
Pluses: Very Quiet, Mostly clean,very warm people. Very helpful town officials
Minuses: Some places need to be cleaned up for health reasons. Thats the only minus I can come up with.
A great place to... Live, raise children, have pets ( as long as you remember to bring them in at night). All outdoor activities. Annual Town meetings and get to-geathers.
Just an all around great place to live out ones later years. We will stay as long as we can take GOOD care of our home, enjoy the lake and our garden.
Pluses: Rochester has a great list of nooks and crannies. The Clarissa Room is a great blues and jazz bar. The Little Theater is a survivor of the hay-day of movie theaters in the region, shows great independent shows, with a relaxed bistro in back. The Public Market draws from miles around and shows what a rich region this is, and not much beats browsing the bustling market on a beautiful summer day.
Minuses: Ok, so a common saying around here is, "You don't like the weather? Wait a few minutes, it will change." Personally I enjoy the snowy winters, no matter how much I complain about shoveling and driving.
A great place to... Find local musicians, bistros, browse exhibits at the George Eastman House, and bring the kids to the Rochester Museum and Science Center
Pluses: I remember Dewitt as a little farm town. I remember the Twists on the south end of town. I remember every fall there was a fall festival. I remember in about 1944 I played horseshoes and won 3rd place. I think the prize was a bag of chicken feed which I thought was great as I was only 16 years old. I would like to see more people write in. Don Ayers Philomath Oregon
Pluses: Close to wonderful beaches.
Amazing dining
local art walks
bayfront park
Minuses: EXPENSIVE! Getting very difficult to live here for many. housing prices are enormous, as well as insurance and taxes.
The traffic is the worst I have ever endured.
Sarasota has a "snooby & pretentious" air.
A great place to... go to the beaches, shop, eat, wander
Pluses: pretty girlies...lol , Good mickey d's..,cool emo kids..,pretty school., good sport teams.,
Minuses: no walmart to many food lions,smells' pollution.,no mall...nothing for teens to do.,deforestaton,No grand home furnishing.. GANGTERS GERMS!!!!!!!! PREPS!!!
A great place to... stink up the air!!! raise kids..
Quality of life. Town population of 760 and County of 4500.
Proximity to world class skiing in Telluride, CO
Endless supply of outdoor activity, i.e. biking, hiking, jeeping, climbing, hunting, fishing, camping, and whatever else you can imagine.
Community oriented mindset
Dozens of music/ art events year round
World famous Ice Climbing Festival in Ouray
Minuses: Less amenities than a MSA. Closes one is 25miles North.
Dirt roads in town that make for a mud/ dust season
Price of real estate can be prohibitive.
A great place to... A good place to be if you want to slow down and enjoy life in one of the most beautiful places in the nation. Also a great place for emerging tele-commuters who are free to raom the country and take their office with them. A hot spot for vacationers, retiree's, second homes, and yougn couples with kids.
Pluses: Santo Domingo is my home, this pueblo has been around before any one could remember. Santo Domingo is the capital of the 19 pueblos and is known for the famous artisans and the for the native traditions keept. Santo Domingo holds up to 3,600 or more people and is the best place to be when the feast is taking place. The feast is August 4th. Santo Domingo atract more the 5,000 people every year with the Corn dances, the native foods and the carnivals that are held for 3 days starting from August 3rd to August 5th. So come join us August 4th!!
Pluses: Great Town with a lot of beautiful farms and people. I came to this area in 2003 accidentally and felt the natural warmth of the people, the beautiful scenery, and was over taken.
Minuses: It didn't take long for me to find out that this was a surface experience and one that may have costed me my life. You see I was living in a basement apartment in Northumberland for the past 17 months, in an illegally built apartment, with no ventalation, in a basement of someone's home. I have been exposed to a substance called hydrogen sulfide from a septic vapor leak, invisable to the nose, like a silent killer. I tried to contact the local authorities however, it has been handled with great disregard to my health and am on my own to seek medical attention. I placed emergency phone calls to authoritive figures and in one incident have not received any response at all.
A great place to... A good place visit, but I have had enough.
If anyone has similar experiences, let it be know and maybe we can put a stop to this continuous disregard to the health of others. Its time we changed the way we live by getting rid of the derilicts in the Town of Northumberland, NY.
Pluses: The winters weather is nice. The beach is pleasant if you haven't put a gun in your mouth during the drive there. The infrastruture is woefully inadequate.
Downtown is OK. There are some nice views of bridges and buildings and they have excellent fireworks. Rednecks do love an explosion.
The zoo is small but surprisingly nice. Don't miss the bonobos.
It isn't far from St. Augustine which is fabulous for walking and sightseeing.
You can grow a variety of plants in the garden including: bananas, oranges and loquats that won't grow further north.
If you are a professional, the pay is good because educated people won't stay here.
There are a few parks but they are not worth mentioning.
If you make the arduous drive to the few remnants of nature, there are armadillos, sea turtles, bison (near Gainsville) and other wildlife.
Contrary to popular opinion, the bugs aren't bad. I go outside a lot and have only had a couple of mosquito bites. I think they die in the heat.
Minuses: This place is ever so slightly better than the 7th plane of hell. I've never met so many rude, ignorant, illiterate and violent people in my entire life. Furthermore, they are mean and rude.
Traffic is expected in a big city but this one comes without the ammenities of great museums and other culture. The traffic horrible, the driving is extremely agressive and stupid. The rule is: if you can pass a sheet of paper between cars you are too far from the car in front of you.
The urban fabric is just plain ugly, awful-awful. This city is a series of run-down strip malls, strip clubs and ramshackled trailers with bleach bottles and other flotsam in the yards and that's the good parts.
It's the only place I've seen commercials start,"Are you a methadone hostage?"
Don't go outside in the summer unless you are a bedouin tribesman.
Let's not forget the crime. Going our at night isn't the best idea. On the bright side, I've only had a knife pulled on me once this year!
A great place to... leave.
I know that the great citizens of Jacksonville will take exception to this but I am not worried because they can't read it.
Pluses: the rent is cheap and most everything is in walking distance
Minuses: the crime rate is troubling, there are more sex offenders than i cared to know about. you get woke up each morning by someones rooster or some loud tejano music. the crime rate. there are plenty of slum lords in case you prefer to live like an animal, hell some times the animals live with you(ie, rats, mice, big furry spiders, etc)you can get your car or home, sometimes both, broken into on weekends in broad daylight. drunk mexicans will make cat calls and disgusting remark at you if your walking. the neighborhood is also overrun by crackheads, someone really should exterminate other than the potholes and crappy security, its an ex-convict's paradise. born, raised, and grew up in cloverleaf
A great place to... cloverleaf is a wonderful place raise a future felon. many of the offspring specializes in muggings, auto theft, breaking and entering and various drug charges. cloverleaf is a good place to call the hood. it rivals the crime rate of the more infamous compton or bronx
generally speaking i personally would rather sleep under the highway by a better neighborhood than ever return to that hunk of crap neighborhood
Pluses: its a small unincorporated area-has stores close by neighborly country feel.
Minuses: road repair is county-lots of roadside trash nosy people who want to incorporate the area and make it a town with all those headaches and taxes
A great place to... raise kids, have farm animals, buy land
Pluses: A good small town to grow up in. Almost a sure guarantee that you would and would continue to attend school with the same group of kids all the way thru school. I miss the close friends.
Minuses: The cold and the snow.
A great place to... Get to know almost everyone because of the small town atmosphere.
Graduate, Walled Lake Western 1974. Move to Arizona 1980. Love it here but still have heartstrings tied to MI.
Pluses: A beautiful, tranquil setting, near a major metropolis.
Minuses: typical, small town gossip.
A great place to... be from
from the early 1950's to the late 60's i resided there. i am a polar, for good or bad, and always will be. i knew the great and not so greate who lived thier lives there.. it was at the time, a complete town......before small town america was encompassed by the chain store empire.
Pluses: Affordable housing, lots of wide open spaces, a lot of skilled laborers, very low crime rate, good schools, and only one hour from Birmingham or Tuscaloosa. This is truly an American Town of yesteryear.
Minuses: weak business district, crumbling front street, lack of vision.
A great place to... live like a millionaire for very little.
Pluses: None =The town is run by a bunch of crooks they use town money to benefit themselves.town vehicles are used by town employees for their own personal gain.
Pluses: Some of the 4-lane with 65 mph speeds are on outer limits of Russellville.
Minuses: Theres speed trapping on the 4-lane headed to Littleville. Russellville is in a DRY COUNTY. All the hustle & bustle, no alcohol. No healthy places to eat unless youre looking forward to angioplasty. I once saw a kid eating at Russellville's Captain D's get food poisoning and hurl puke all the way down the aisle-way to the bathroom. Disgusting experience to say the least. On Sunday, local church people like to go there for buffet while taking turns at trying to clog the toilets. Theres a little steakhouse called Jonthans on the right across the tracks. If youd like to see where all the inbreds go, stop by this little Quincys-wannabe. They should hire midgets to serve you, at least you could get a good laugh on top of the agonizing heartburn. If coming through, keep going.. Stopping for gas is ok, just dont start any chit chat because just up the road is the Shoals and Florence. At least Human DNA in these areas appears to have mingled about rather than fester in the same dunghole.
A great place to... Leave..
Enjoy smalltown life somewhere else. In the opinion of this submitter, this place is pretty worthless.
Minuses: You do not get much for your tax dollar. Basically there is no such thing as snow removal, so any older folks or people that have a hard time getting around in the snow, too bad. City water smells like the city sewer plant and not fit to drink. Most all truck traffic can get away with any speed they desire going through town. Must be much easier to pick on the regular citizens as they are on their way to work in the morning as they pass the post office.
Pluses: Rural setting with potential. Nice school district with good strong academic programs. Nestled between Hwy 271 and Lake Gladewater, this little community has tripled in size in four years with most new homes being 3 bedroom brick single family dwellings.
Minuses: No city sewage yet. The exceedingly rapid growth of Union Grove is a pressing issue for the city. Parks, trash, water, and roads are just a part of what comes with this type of growth and U.G.s city officials should check the plans for future development.
Pluses: The plus about Waterproof is, it's a family town. My family originally came from Waterproof. My mom, grandparents, great grandparents, and even my great-great grandparents. I remember growing up as a child, this town was a caring town. If a family was in need , or had a family emergency. The town would pull together. Even if it ment cleaning out your clothes closet,pantry, or even your wallets. As a town we did what ever it took to keep each other afloat. It's because of memories such as these, that I have recently moved back home to (Waterproof). It is my prayer that the town of Waterproof can once again rise up and began to shine as it once did.
Minuses: The minuses about Waterproof is the life of the town (appears) to be gone. Notice, i said, appears. So many paople have moved away or passed on. And the town seems rather empty. Old stores,banks, and doctor offices are closed. And we must travel a good distance to get the things that we need. The roads need all the work they can stand. But through everything I still belive we can bounce back.
A great place to... The Oalwood Baptist Church, is a wonderful place to go. You're sure to be spiritualy feed and blessed by the Holy spirit.
The town of Waterproof has only two gas stations, Bubbas's convience store, and Higginbottom Place. Both stations are located on highway 65 across from each other.It has two banks, Cross Keys and Tensas State which is a drive up only bank. There's one grocery store, David's. Only one prison, Tensas Dentention South.There are three junk joints, Annie Mae's 86, Mercadise, and Lee Coopers Place.Waterproof has nine churches, that you must come and visit.There is only one diner, Anna's Place. And belive it or not there is no school in the town of Waterproof.
Pluses: Rio is a great town i used to live there and its safe clean and i love it. there are many bars and a cute little grociery store run by mark waters. the cops in rio are also the best because they dont try to get u in trouble they try to help u and keep you out of trouble. The school in rio is also great the teachers are the best and its just a really great school.
Minuses: there arent that many stores, and a lot of rumors go around and theres always gossip.
A great place to... Rio is a good place to get away from big towns ans cities. Rio is a calming little town
Rio has a grociery store called marks market and a gas station called mobile. thers about 6 bars and a restaraunt. there is also a nice little park that people go to to relax.
Pluses: A small town atmosphere where everybody looked out for one another. You could trust you neighbors and could borrow a teaspoon of suger, a cup of flour just about anything except any amount of money as there was not much around. There was a lot of card playing especialy pitch. Popcorn,home made bread,coffee and politics especially in the upper 20s and lower 30s. People were poor. People used home medicines but my generation survived. We would have great picnics at the Weldon grade school. The citizen band played concerts every Sat night. Croque was played under lights. I have a lot of memories. Don Ayers
Pluses: Having lived in DeRuyter for almost 20 yrs I found very few pluses. The community is not an open one. There are very few services you do not have to pay for, a school district which has never mergered with an outside community and cost far to much in taxes for the size of the system. An attitude that change is not good and a real lack of interest or attention of anything out side of it's bountry. There were a few very good open people there but not enough to keep on living there forever.
Minuses: Most of the minuses are listed above. The most important is a lack of employment in the area which includes low pay scales. Housing is not prime in the area there are to many unkept homes. If you want to be a "contractor" move to this Area never saw so many in one place. Interesting enough most could be found in the towns 2 Bars.
A great place to... When moving here the idea was the was hope to find a very friendly , out going communtity. But in a little less than a few months that idea was shattered by the out right feeling of being an outsider and no hope of belonging unless you fit the profile of birth residents and all of thier beliefs. Be prepared to hear all about the big bad city but dare not defend it even tho most of the "bad" you will hear is from people who never lived there and don't want to hear anything negitive about their town.
Moving to DeRuyter was good tho it showed that your own beliefs about different communities big and small are not always true. Leaving a city in NY much bigger than this town was not what to look for if you are interested in seeing how other people live and being an adventureous soul. DeRuyter looks like one of those wonderful sleepy postcard towns but living there is not all cracked up to that.
Minuses: people who litter and walk down the middle of the road and let their dogs go to the bathroom all over the place and not clean it up, let pit bulls run loose
Pluses: Warm, friendly people; great places to work, including Solutia, Fuji Film, and Park Seed (www.parkseed.com); educational opportunities at Lander University and Piedmont Technical College; outstanding health care at Self Regional Hospital; numerous civic organizations, including Rotary (www.greenwoodrotary.com), Sertoma, Kiwanis; many churches, and almost as many restaurants
Minuses: Not many! Would be nice if a few more chain stores opened up (e.g., Kohl's, Best Buy)
A great place to... make friends, raise a family, eventually retire
Pluses: though it may be the inverse of what everyone in the area similar to me in age may think. I think capitan was a great place to grow up. It is a small community, therefore it is hard to get away with "it". The circles are close. It changes often but, it doesn't change very much. It is quiet, peaceful, and a very quaint place to settle down.
Minuses: A large portion of the "cons" section pertains mainly to families with children. The educational system is mediocre at best and there are very few jobs for young people. There is very little work in general. The few jobs to be had hold very little chance for advancement.
A great place to... Capitan is a great place to settle down, or retire. It provides a fun, and generally safer enviroment for children.
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