Review of San Antonio, Texas


Worst Place Ever
Star Rating - 12/3/2015
I have had the misfortune of living in San Antonio for 2-1/2 years now. Too hot, too crowded and too ignorant. It is estimated that 40% of the drivers here don't have driver's licenses and since that means they've never been formally taught HOW to drive, the drivers here are horrible. One out of every ten cars uses turn signals. And it is also estimated that 60% of the drivers here don't have insurance. So when you get in an accident, and you will, good luck. Drivers are aggressive and mean as they pull out of the many mega church parking lots down here. Hypocrisy abounds. The Hispanic women all dress like prostitutes. I've never seen so many stillettos and painted on eyebrows. Recycling is not mandated, and there is litter everywhere. I don't think Hispanics care too much about littering. And since the city is suffering from unchecked growth, subdivisions are going up EVERYWHERE. House upon house, 10 feet apart. But the roads haven't changed much for decades, and the traffic is horrendous. (Congestion AND horrible drivers. Most of the money at the school's go to FOOTBALL which is a big deal down here. And Texas doesn't keep a record of football related injuries. How convenient. My son's school has a Jumbotron and pays the coach six figures. I only wish the same amount of money is allocated for academics. the state of Texas just announced that it is sueing the federal government for trying to place SIX Syrian refugees in Dallas. And yet in San Antonio, there are illegals EVERYWHERE. More hypocrisy. I'm not even going to dwell on the crime rate, which is super high here. So why would anyone want to move here? I have absolutely NO IDEA. I am counting the days till I can get out of this hell on earth.
Anne | San Antonio, TX
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Me and you both Anne. Me and you both.
Chris | San Antonio, TX | Report Abuse

Sounds like your a Racist to me....... BTW I'm a Hispanic woman who has lived in San Antonio for 44yrs and we do have a recycling program Ma'am apparently your not very well informed nor educated!!
Delia | San Antonio, TX | Report Abuse

What racist redneck trash this person writes! My wife is Hispanic and we've lived here for 10 years. She is from Michoacán and SA is a great base from which to travel down into Mexico. I have a Ph.D. from the University of Michigan and worked as an archaeologist for years in Peru and Mexico. I've lived in Seattle, San Diego, Ann Arbor, and Lima, Peru and La Paz Bolivia, and speak fluent Spanish (M.A. degree, 7 years of actual residence in Latin America). We live in a $300,000 house and have many gringo friends and Hispanic family in SA, and have found the downtown area of the city to be delightful, as is the Paseo del Río, or River Walk. The bookstores are great and the restaurants sublime, as is the hiking along Leon Creek and in McAllister Park. People are generally friendly (far more so, than Detroit, for example, where drivers can be nasty mean). I don't know if the writer is African American or white, but I say good riddance to anyone with such obvious prejudices and who is so misinformed. Seems to me that she suffers from mental problems not to mention being a sociopath. Check out your own life, lady, and please do move on as soon as possible.
David | San Antonio, TX | Report Abuse

I agree I hate it here also and cannot wait to leave
Hate | George West, TX | Report Abuse

You are so on point with your comments......could have not said it any better
Hate | George West, TX | Report Abuse
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