Best to live somewhere else
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4/3/2014
All these people saying that our city was nice in the 80's, well it was because in the 80's most of the people living here were employed by Lockheed, Bowing, The military, or the Prison. The local government decided that they were not making enough money so they advertised to the rest of LA county our cheap property and low cost of living. Now this place has gone to the DOGS! The decay caused by advertising cheap living, and indirectly inviting the undesirables form downtown LA started in Lake LA.Then moved into the East side of the Valley, and now the last few of us left are fighting to keep it out of the West side.
Poverty runs rampant, everywhere you go people are begging for money. either for this shelter, or that halfway house, or the homeless man, or that guy who says he needs gas but it looks like he needs another fix. Just about everyone here is on some kind of government assistance and majority of those get the triple care package; HUD housing, cash aid, food stamps.
Crime has skyrocketed, We had someone shot and killed in broad daylight outside of Starbucks. Never found his killer. Someone shot and killed one of our men in uniform inside the Antelope Valley College parking lot, They never found his killer, but they think it was a case of mistaken identity. We had a Little girl sexually assaulted inside a Denny's Bathroom by a homeless retarded man, guess what? I don't think they ever found him either! On the bright side we did find the man that raped that high school girl who was walking to school. So the got 1 of 4. All this happened within the last year, along with liquor store and bar shootings.
Just to add to the aggravation we have for profit companies setting up halfway homes for Adults with mental disabilities, like sever Bi-Polar Disorder, Schizophrenia, Autism. These establishments have no one looking after these people, no nurses, or mental health professionals. They are not near any shopping center or hospitals for that matter, instead, They set up these homes in our own neighborhoods, Within walking distance of elementary schools!
They say that their is an AV curse. The curse says if you grow up here you will never leave. Well is is partially right. This place ruins your children's opportunity for a better life. They will never afford to get out. we have people pushing 30 and 40 that still act like they are in High School, either still living with their parents or they are homeless begging for your change. Our community college has a 4 year wait list for their nursing program, and 80% drop out rate, our high schools drop out rate average 40%. If your kids are lucky they will find a job, working for minimum wadge and get stuck there. So no, they will never be able to afford to leave.
Do your family and yourself a favor and live somewhere else, You will be happier, healthier, and will overall live a better life.
Beath | Lancaster, CA