SperlingViews - Kokomo, Indiana
84.37% of people are white, 10.33% are black, 1.31% are asian, 0.40% are native american, and 3.59% claim 'Other'. 2.78% of the people in Kokomo, IN, claim hispanic ethnicity (meaning 97.22% are non-hispanic).
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Bored to Tears - 2/22/2009
I recently moved to Kokomo and this is the worst city I have ever lived in. The people are small- minded. There are no jobs for anyone with more than a associate's degree. There is absolutely no quality night life here. My peers here seems to have low aspirations and no expectations of exploring and living life. Kokomo seems to sap the drive out of people. One more year and I'm out of here. The best aspect of Kokomo is that it is close to Indianapolis.[read more...] |
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Lifetime resident - 10/26/2006
I am a lifetime resident of the Kokomo area. There are areas of the city where the crime is high, at night. If you use common sense (as in most cities) you will be safe.
There is public 1 golf course in Kokomo and 2 others in the county. There are several golf courses within a 50 mile radius. There are also 2 bowling alleys and a brand new movie theater. We also have 2 malls, although one is fairly bare when it comes to stores. I don't understand why because it is a nice mall. There are adequate things to do here and a ton of restaurants. And if you can't find anything to do in Kokomo, Indianapolis is only about an hour away.
The only real complaint I have about Kokomo is the weather in the winter. If you don't mind cold weather from November-March and snow from December-February, then Kokomo isn't a bad place to live.[read more...] |
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Welcome to Crack-a-mo....er...Kokomo - 4/18/2006
Kokomo is a predominately a blue collar town. It seems to have a high drop out rate in High School. The only things for kids to do here is do the naughty stuff, unless they are lucky enough to live clear on the south end of town where the mayor's pet park is, that has a small skating/bike rink and a playground...very spread out though. Lots of crime and meth labs on the north end. Lots of land contamination from the defunct steel mill and the current large manufacturing companies. Almost as many churches as bars and topless places. Seems like there is a lot more disabled people here than other places per capita, but the city itself is very inaccessable and slow to change. There is no mass transit...only cabs.[read more...] |
