Reviews & Comments
Greenville, MI
Greenville, Michigan -
11/14/2006I lived in Greenville, Michigan for about 6 years. It is a good place for people who work in Grand Rapids to live. There is very little work in Greenville, though. There is also very little to do for fun. It snows too much for my taste, but some people like that alot. There are much smaller towns in the county (Montcalm) that have a lot of stateland and it's near a lot of lakes. Montcalm County does have a very high teenage pregnancy rate and the cost of living is too high in relation to the lack of employment opportunities. There was one refridgerator factory in the middle of the town where everyone knew at least one person working there, or worked there themselves. People from several nearby towns worked there. It was called Gibsons a LONG time ago. Then it was called Frigidaire for a long time. Then it was called Electrolux, but many people still call it Gibsons. Electrolux picked up and moved to Mexico last year and left something like 30,000 people jobless. Needless to say, the economy there has suffered dramatically enough for us to move south. So, if you are already rich, and plan to work in Grand Rapids, or have a job that can fit in anywhere, then you might consider living in one of the nice new townhomes or condominiums that they've been building. It is very pretty there. A lot less trees anymore, but enough to still be pretty and there is a river that runs through the town, too. That is pretty.
Odessa, TX
Odessa, Texas -
11/14/2006Good: Some nice neighborhoods. A job on every corner. Very Low Cost of living. A lot of nice playgrounds. A LOT of Churches. You can always move to Midland which is the town next door and is much prettier.
Bad: Some slum lords. The most aggravating street layout and streetlight system that you can possibly imagine-The red lights last for days, are in the weirdest places and the order seems to be entirely random. There is no drainage system other than all the streets running on a slope to the intersections, so on the occasions that it does rain half of the town (especially the intersections) floods. An evening of rain can have you abandoning your floating car to wade home in knee deep water if you live on the low side. A lot of old people still have civil war flags all over the place. It rarely snows, but half an inch of snow Will cause at least 5 wrecks before noon. There is usually at least one homeless man hanging out at the library or going through a nearby dumpster. Depending on where you work and live, you are likely to see spiders (including tarantulas), scorpions, snakes (including rattle snakes), and/or roaches. If you move here, Exterminate. Exterminate. Exterminate.