SperlingViews - Alliance, Nebraska

I honestly can not wait to get out of this town.. I grew up in a much larger area and this was complete culture shock for me when I first moved here. Pros for the town are rent is very low. For a two bedroom decent appartment it's about $400 pr month. If your a regular church goer we have TONS of churches to chose from. Yeah i can't think of anymore pros off the top of my head.... CONS - The city of Alliance has very very poor money managment skills. The schools have TERRIBLE money management skills, they would much rather buy new bleachers vs paying to replace books that are well over 10 years old. The rent may be low but our tax rate is really high it's 7.5% sales tax here on everything BUT groceries. People in this town are rude. New businesses can't seem to keep their doors open for longer then 6 months. Our streets are TERRIBLE!!!! Had to replace very expensive parts in the front end suspention of my car because of pot holes that are un avoidable. To buy a decent house here plan on spending at the least $120,000. Our cops are crooked, our crime rate is a lot more then 4. I would say more like a 6 or 7. Seems like drunks are always walking around causing some kind of trouble or breaking something or breaking INTO something. There is absolutely nothing to do here besides travel an hour to a larger town for mediocre shopping. All anybody does is go to the bars get drunk and then fight each other (sounds like fun huh). Also in the last 5ish years there have been quite a few deaths.. Homicides, suicides, a handful accidental.. I don't recommend this area for anybody but maybe a single railroader that plans on moving back home in less then a year.. I didn't even touch on the job situation. Good jobs here are BNSF and Parker the end.. An accountant with a bachelors degree is lucky to make $25,000 a year here.. [read more...]

I'll make this as simple as i can. My fiance and i are looking to get out of this town ASAP because we are so miserable here. Pros, we have nice parks, and there's a couple lakes around the area. Cons - To tag a car that you may have just bought it's in your best interest to add that cost into your car loan. I bought a car for 12,000 and it cost me almost a grand to tag it. We have two grocery stores here and they're both over priced on EVERYTHING! We have no shopping here, to shop you have to drive an hour to scottsbluff or longer to rapid city or denver. I graduated from here not long ago and i must say our school system is TERRIBLE. Our high school has a very high drop out rate. We graduated with less then 50% of our class that walked in the doors our freshman year. People here are so rude and nasty and nosey! If you are moving here and don't know anybody, count on making very few friends. The only thing people have to do here is go to the bar. Late at night there's drunks walking all over the place. The native population and hispanic population are very high. The crime rate is insane! I have a couple friends that are police officers and to listen to the stuff they have to deal with that nobody else gets to hear about is actually kinda scarey. Our taxes here are through the roof yet i have to take my car to the shop and fix my suspention because alliance can't keep their roads in decent condition to save their lives. Somebody else posted that alliance has decent jobs and i giggled. WHERE?? If you consider kmart or a gas station clerk a good job your right.. There are very few jobs here that are decent. To recieve decent health care you have to drive an hour to scottsbluff because our doctors are all clueless to what they're doing.. UGH... Save yourself the stress and agony and consider another location to live. This place is absolutely terrible!!! [read more...]

Alliance is a great place to live if you understand what it won't be. It is not the big city. Don't expect fancy restaurants, plays, concerts, or lots of nightlife. It is a small rural town with great parks, a 5 plex movie theater, a low cost of living -- average 24% below national averages, decent jobs, and friendly people. It doesn't have a lot of shopping but you can find most things in town you are looking for -- just not at the big boxes you are used to in the major cities. It is an easy place to walk and to commute. NO traffic. Great churches and nearby to many things including all types of outdoor recreation.[read more...]

this town blows... there is nothing to do... it's full of indian's and mexicans.. the school systems suck.. we have the highest drop out rate in the state and i think the second highest pregnancy rate in the state. this town has no jobs unless you wanna be a railroader or work at parker ( a hose factory) my sugjestion is DO NOT MOVE HERE[read more...]

Alliance might be a good place if you don't like to eat out or don't mind medicore restaurants. Recreation is non existant unless you plan to drive, and that will be about 2-3 hours away. Cost of living is higher because of the railroad paying good wages. But not everyone can become a railroader. No shopping!@!!! Teenagers have nothing to do and alcohalism is higher here than anywhere else in Nebraska.[read more...]

For those people who don't mind being away from the big city life, this is a great place to live. Wonderful parks, growing jobs, well paying jobs, and nice people [read more...]