Reviews & Comments
Rockford, IL
re: I wish I lived in Rockford - 10/9/2007 -
5/23/2012Magic Waters is a dump full of dirty ghetto kids, The parks are now full of gang members so they are very dangerous, the pumpkin patch no longer exists, Edwards is a complete rip-off, haunted houses?, No one and I mean No One likes the IceHogs, they have to give away tickets just to get a half capacity crowd. With the Tollway doubling and tripling the cost of a drive to Chicago and the $4.00 a gallon gas Chicago is not an option for most families not to mention everything in Chicago costs 2-3 times what it costs anywhere else. You must not have been here in a really long time and even given that, your list of why Rockford is so great is pretty weak! I live on the NorthWest side and there have seriously been, no exageration, 2-3 violent break-ins everyday over here. That number doesn't include car burglary and vandalism, gangs shaking old guys down for their link cards in broad daylight, the drug addicts shambling around and the Police show total indifference. This is not staying contained over here anymore either...places like Cherryvale mall and some of the dirty run down strip malls on State are getting dangerous as well. Believe me, I sincerely tell you not to move back here...The cost of living is still higher here than other states and once you get here you will be stuck..Just a friendly word of warning.
Rockford, IL
re: Change of Heart. - 1/23/2011 -
5/23/2012If your pic says you live in Bevidere then you don't even know Rockford. Come on over to the Northwest side and tell me you love it here. Two blocks away a woman was kidnapped at gunpoint and forced to drive to an ATM just the other day. Yeah you sure will meet some interesting people over here! Like the crackheads shuffling up and down Rockton. This town is ugly and looks like a bomb went off downtown. If you think it's great here you must be from Lebanon, or Guatemala or some place like that. You are clearly naive about the people in this town and I hope you are careful because some of those interesting people in Rockford are dangerous assholes with guns. There have literally been 2-3 violent crimes a day on the NorthWest side not even mentioning the petty crimes that happen all over this dump of a town. The Mayor and Chief of Police are in some kind of pissing contest and all of us in the "real" Rockford are suffering for it. Your post makes me sad for you.