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Kalamazoo is not that bad
- 3/1/2016
I'm just writing because I think that the people who are in my opinion bashing Kalamazoo, really don't know anything about it. I have vacationed in much larger cities, just to find out that their murder rate is 10-20 times higher than Kalamazoo. Not to mention the low cost of living. The same price you will pay for a small rat infested one bedroom in Chicago, or New York is what you will pay for a nice Condo, or Loft in Kalamazoo. You do not have to deal with the nerve wrecking/ pull your hair out traffic as you would in a larger city.
I spent 5 wks in Illinois, and couldn't wait to get home. To truly enjoy Kalamazoo you have to take advantage of what their is to offer. I doubt that a person who has only lived here for a small while really knows where the fun is. Most people think Kalamazoo is downtown, and that's it. The surrounding communities are also part of Kalamazoo, and once you put them together it really isn't as small as people think. Whether you like
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Portage, MI
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Cold winters, but they beat the summers if asthma
- 2/22/2012
Before I moved to Portage in 2007, I didn't have any real breathing problems. I had a minor case of hay fever. I moved here and I am stuck inside most of the summer because of the humidity! I thought my mother was joking when she said that it was sometimes drier in a bath.
For all of the misery during the summer, I wouldn't trade the night skies for anything! I came from a big city where if you were lucky you saw Orion's belt. The skies here, whether summer, spring, winter, or autumn are gorgeous. The trees aren't bad either, just beware the mosquitoes and the ticks. Either of the bugs will try and carry off your pets and small
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Nice Place to Live
- 7/26/2005
Portage is a nice palce to live and raise a family. I don't think it would be a good place for a single
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Cher
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