SperlingViews - Freeport, Illinois
79.21% of people are white, 14.24% are black, 1.22% are asian, 0.23% are native american, and 5.09% claim 'Other'. 3.72% of the people in Freeport, IL, claim hispanic ethnicity (meaning 96.28% are non-hispanic).
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Dump! - 5/10/2008
I will have to agree. I have lived here for 10 years and it has gone downhill quickly. City leaders did nothing from about 1960 on and now the empty buildings and crime rate is unreal! People are sleeping on floors because the $8 an hour job they have is not enough to afford a bed. I am leaving to accept a job in Iowa and will never come back to this dump![read more...] |
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In Decline - 3/20/2006
Freeport has undergone a lot of changes over the past decade....none of it good. The economy is terrible, with high unemployment, a rapidly escalating crime problem (due in large part to increasing amounts of drugs) and high property taxes.
The one good thing about the town is its excellent parks system. Krape Park is one of the best parks I have seen in my travels.[read more...] |
