Review of Anderson, Indiana


Anderson has to be the worst place i have ever li
Star Rating - 10/26/2010
Crime is out of control... apathy has set in with the police department.. for a 911 call ...I had to call mutiple times on several incidents. When I contacted Mayor Ockomon... he put his assistant on the case but the 911 operator lost the calls I made. I can see the smoke from the meth lab daily... police know and do nothing about it.. The city kept a doctor (Dr. Foley, google him) in business by just ignoring the fact that he was wrote up to a thousand prescriptions a WEEK.. only when mutiple people died from overdoses did they finally step in... and the doctors office was withing walking distance to the police station. Anderson needs to have the attorney general investigate them... the mentality is below normal.. .I look at most of the people as mutants.. it has to be the only explanation for the egregious behavior even at city hall..... I have lived here five years and can't wait until the ecomony gets just a litte better so I can get out... I called the victims advocate for the city and explained a criminal situation to her and she told me that maybe I should get out of dodge then asked what elementary school I attended... I asked why and she said that she has never left Madison county and was wondering if we went to school together..... WTF... I am not kidding ... the houses are cool ...victorians and great prices but watch out for the mutants....Watch the HBO special "thunder cars of Anderson" there ya go.... lol
kristine | Anderson, IN
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This city has had it's problems, as many of the Whiners & Moaners making comments here have written. So What! There are probably a thousand cities in the USA today with similar economic and infrastructure problems. People looking for problems will always find them. I am a new arrival in Anderson, but my perspective is based on extensive world and U.S. travel. Anderson is a community where the majority of the people are pleasant. They do not feel their community is failing, and are working to make a better life for them, their families and community. Anderson has many real estate bargains, which is why I moved here. I am not a speculator. I am buying and holding property long term in Anderson, because I know a great community with potential to improve when I see one. That is Anderson. I will base my operations here for the next five years, then return to Hawaii or overseas where I prefer to live, but Anderson will help pay for my retirement, NO WORRIES there.. I love this place :)
Lou | Seattle, WA | Report Abuse
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