Review of Independence, Missouri


Quality of life: not so great
Star Rating - 4/9/2008
I recently moved cross country after having lived in Independence for 20 years. This is a changing community. It is no longer the bedroom community many expect. Yes, crime is high. Meth and it's effects are omnipresent.
Over the past few years the new administration at the school district have become fixated on MAP scores. Most administrators and many teachers will gladly destroy children in pursuit of AYP. I had two SWAT team busts in my neighborhood there in the last year I lived there. If you have a choice, this is not the place to choose to live!
B. | Independence, MO
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