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Jimithyashford t1_jdtpjvv wrote

The petty theft and property crime rate is very frustratingly high. There are many parts of town where anything not chained down or locked up is going bye-bye. Catalytic converter theft, copper theft, car window smash and grabs, that kind of shit. It happens a lot.

But the city isn’t dangerous to your person. Like you aren’t at great risk of getting mugged or jumped. Not that it never happens of course, but it’s not bad. There aren’t really any neighborhoods where you get that “I need to keep my head on a swivel and be out of here by dark” tingle down your spine, the “I am not safe here” feeling.

So if you’re a bicycle or a catalytic converter, You’re fucked. If you’re human, you’re pretty safe.

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dusthimself t1_jdvjafx wrote

You're from Orlando, you'll be fine, lol. I've lived all over Missouri and everyone that hasn't strayed far from the bible belt thinks their city is going to hell so don't let any alarmists get to you. Just be smart, know your neighborhoods like any other city you'd plan on living in, and you'll be fine.

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Marqueso-burrito t1_jdu0911 wrote

I’ve lived here for five years, if you have children or plan on having children soon don’t move here, I’d recommend the outer towns like nixa republic or rogersville. Missouri does have some beautiful spots but springfield is honestly so bad, not just cause of crime (although it is pretty rough here) I’m from the outskirts of pittsburgh, it’s not as bad here just a hell of a lot of meth heads. The real kicker is that the whole town is just utter shit, little to no night life unless you like hick themed clubs or hipster bars… or trashy strip clubs. I guarantee I’ll get downvotes from the people who lived here their whole lives but that’s cause they take it personal. Oh and there’s also a bunch of hate around here. Religious nut jobs claiming to regrow human appendages through prayer, people leaving racist flyers around town, ziploc bags with anti semitic messages in them, and most of the homeless don’t bite. I wouldn’t move to springfield if I were you. I’ve been stuck here and now that I have a daughter on the way all me and my old lady can think about is how much we don’t want to raise her here.

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Marqueso-burrito t1_jdvqb2x wrote

Really? I’m part of the racism, homophobia and anti semitism? No I just spent too much time stuck in this shit hole. Get out of the city dude and you’ll see it’s not this bad everywhere, this place just sucks.

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Marqueso-burrito t1_jdvt282 wrote

Incorrect, I loved pittsburgh, I loved Salt Lake City (only lived there for a few months my asthma couldn’t handle the smog) if I could go anywhere it would be anywhere but here. I’m very happy in general however after spending time here I cannot stand this city. The politicians are dumb, and the school board candidates are dumber. When I was in high school I had to ride my bike to work so naturally since I lived on the north side, I worked on the north side, I worked at Culvers and when I ran food I got chased into the restaurant with a knife by a homeless man, a customer had a pistol and got the guy to back off. When I worked at Walmart I did online grocery pickup and had to deal with meth heads coming in the parking lot trying to bribe me to get them free groceries with meth. They upped the security. When I worked at wings etc I had to kick people out on the daily because they’d be shooting up in the bathroom. (That also happened at Walmart) I once had to tackle a guy at the gas station because he was beating the shit out of a woman, in broad daylight, nobody else did anything. Including calling the police, they just looked at me and kept walking. You should really look at springfield in a different light because I’ve seen both sides and to sum it up, the bad heavily outweighs the good in this town. That’s not just me either. People get stuck here, most folks I’ve met agree springfield is a black hole good things fall into.

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Marqueso-burrito t1_jdvul4s wrote

No it happens in all cities, but not everywhere in all cities. You can’t get away from it here it’s just all over springfield.

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Marqueso-burrito t1_jdvwg3b wrote

Do you have data that you haven’t? All I can tell you is stories but it’s up to you to believe me or not. It’s happened several times in the family bathroom of walmart, it happened less often at wings but it did happen. Those are only the times I was there. See you tell me one good thing about springfield I’ll see 5 bad things. Whereas anywhere else (except chicago or philly) you say one bad thing I’ll show you 5 good things. I’ve been to almost every state, and I feel as though I spent enough time in those places to see both good and bad, not enough time to really judge them but to see the surface. Here I’ve been in the thick of it for a while now and I can’t say I’m happy ab it.

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Marqueso-burrito t1_jdvxi8s wrote

Just open your eyes a little man, you’ll see what I’m talking about. Until then I guess this conversation is done. I don’t have the energy to waste trying to get you to see what’s so blatantly obvious.

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wetdeq t1_je44m50 wrote

Also I don’t really see any hateful messages around and I used to ride my longboard before I got my car all around town for years on national and battlefield which frequently have crackheads

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wetdeq t1_je44id4 wrote

Nah there’s a huge car scene at night on the weekends

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