Crime in Rockford
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12/6/2010
Lived here for over 25 years in lots of different parts of the city... I have never had any problems...it is true the town has changed...it's not the vibrant place it once was 10 years ago, but it is still a very easy place to live... quiet, good place to raise a family...you get out of it what you put into it...if you're bored get a gym membeship and satellite tv...if that's not enough... drive an hour east to Chicago and you can have the Art Institute etc... but even then, after you come and go a couple of times, you reallize there's only so times you can look at the same Picasso, and you begin to think.. ok... that was cool.. now what? Rockford is just like any number of small towns in the U.S.....some good, some bad, and never all the things you want to make it a dream place...if you want art, music, etc...you have to go after it on your own... it's out there in a variety of places...every town has it's good and bad sections... common sense.. live in the good part, stay out of the bad part and you'll never have any trouble.. lastly, the schools are fine... I've had four kids in elementary, middle and high school, and have found nothing but the finest people in the school system... the responsibility for getting a good education rests upon the student and the parents...
Kerry | Rockford, IL