LifeLong Resident
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11/22/2010
I believe that everyone here having trouble making friends is trying to make friends in the wrong crowd. Owensboro is ran by Old Money. If you are trying to break into their social circle or the social circles that beg for their scraps of course you're not going to be accepted. Case in point, My husband is from NM. We have friends from California, Texas, Africa, and Greece just to name a few, so it can't be said that all citizens shun outsiders, it's just like any other small town. It's a little backwards in this town being that the best jobs I have found have been small businesses and not the corporations or big banks, etc. The corporations tend to use the towns small size and low living cost as a leverage tool to keep anyone working for them well below $10/hr. But the small businesses can't offer as many benefits so they pay more per hour, in my experiences. As for the comment about the school systems being subpar and not knowing where they got their rankings. All the signs I have seen have displayed what publication the ranking was in on the bottom. I went to city district schools which are supposed to be not as advanced as the county schools and I had UNM, Univ of Arizona, Transy, Valpo, UK, UofL, Center College, Bellarmine, etc. all knocking my door down my senior year. and I was 20th in my class, so obviously they're doing something right if the colleges are that eager for their students. I think anyone interested in Owensboro, needs to come check it out for themselves, meet locals, check out the schools, career center, etc. to really know if it's for you instead of relying on a few miserable people. Obviously they didn't like their previous cities either since they moved here, so maybe it's not the city.
Amanda | Owensboro, KY