Living in Ft. Wayne/Dante's 9th circle of Hell!
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4/3/2008
Ft. Wayne is one of the ugliest cities in the United States. It doesn't matter which road you enter on, it looks gray, dismal, and depressing. I have lived in and around (New Haven,Monroeville)Ft. Wayne my whole life and can truthfully say that there are very, very few redeeming qualities about the city. The "nouveau riche" are sequestered in their $250,000+ homes in either the Dupont Road area or the West Jefferson Street Area. The downtown area is dead, even with the construction of the new convention center, etc.,there will probably not be a significant rise in revenue or shopping.What kind of culture does a city who "welcomes" a Honda Gold Wing convention have? HAHA The lower income, inner city neighborhoods like Pontiac/Creighton Streets and Wells/Spring Streets are drug and crime ridden and increasingly becoming inhabited by Hispanic immigrants, not to mention the existing poor,white trash inhabitants already implanted there since the 60's-70's. Only on or around Wells/Broadway Streets can you still find people with Billy Ray Cyrus mullets sporting cool,acid wash jeans and a Poison t-shirt. They obviously haven't evolved and still think they're the epitome of cool. Nightlife consists of a cruise of Pierre's meat market, eating out, movies, or a visit to one of the cities many strip clubs. In Ft. Wayne,most people have a job in a factory that you're chained to for life or some other inconsequential position (Lincoln Life,GTE, etc.)Employment is hard to find unless you have an education or are willing to work through a temporary agency, which in and of itself is a joke. The growing Hispanic population is employed in every sector of commerce of Ft. Wayne, mostly in the jobs that Caucasian people won't do.Wake up Ft. Wayne! Hispanics are building, painting, drywalling, and landscaping your new home. Hispanics are preparing/serving your food and washing your dishes, not to mention cleaning your bathroom. Hispanics are about the only people without a lot of education who're making any money in Ft. Wayne.You can't call me prejudiced, because I'm married to a Hispanic. I simply state the truth.Don't move to Ft. Wayne unless you want to live in Dante's 9th circle of Hell!!!
Dana | Monroeville, IN