Jackson, MI Reviews

STAY OUT THE JAK!!!!!!!!!!! - 3/27/2021
I lived in Jackson for a long time I lived on 1st and 3rd Street right over by Frank's party store before that b**** burnt down. My dad and I would sit out on the front porch and bullets with whiz by us! Prostitutes walking up all the time saying how you doing baby ?? if you don't got a tough heart and tough skin it's not be the city I recommend living in. but the one thing I will say about it if you get to know your neighbors and stuff everybody's really close there like a tight nett group of Read More

Butthole of Michigan - 2/23/2019
I spent 20 years of my life fighting for freedom only to buy a second home in Jackson, biggest mistake of my life, and have the rights I fought for take away by a corrupt city government. It you are into sexually transmitted disease, heroin abuse, and prostition this is the city for you. Otherwise stay away as this place as it has nothing to offer. The infrastucture is falling apart and all the city cares about is ensuring they run as many point they run as many people as possible with their so called ordinances . If you need to live close, buy in one of the townships and commute. While on your commute pray you don't get shot or break your car on one of the million potholes! Read More

A nightmare town you need to avoid - 9/16/2018
Never never ever move to this town! I was born there, grew up around there, made the tragic mistake of moving back there once and will never ever set foot there again! Jackson is a town with a black cloud hanging over it that has been there for at least the 64 years I've been around, and there are no jobs there at all. It's principle products are bad backs, alcoholism, drug addiction, and divorce. Young people move away as soon as they are old enough. I sure did! On everyone's lips is the Read More

Michigan theater - 8/24/2017
Is the area where the Michigan theater is Read More

Economical with nice people. - 7/26/2017
I go through there occasionally and had to spend a couple of weeks in downtown Jackson while my husband was in the hospital. The crime rate might be high but the people there are generally very kind and helpful about finding necessary services and directions. It has a small town atmosphere in that regard. Murder rates are low. Racial tensions seem lower than in other diverse communities. I think a cautious person could find a good home at a good price in Jackson. I think it is a good place for retirees and natural living. There are many lakes and farmer's markets nearby.  Read More

Nothing to offer - 4/4/2017
Jackson is a terrinle place to live. There is nothing do except look at the Cascades water falls and once you've done that there's nothing else and that's not open fall, winter or spring so 9 months you go crazy, no public pool or fitness facility, the trails are not user friendly, boring and flat, you can't bike anywhere, there are no downtown shops, but if you're an alcoholic there's lots of bars, strip clubs and brewing companies that are over priced and under enjoyable. The only good thing is housing is cheap, kind of like the hotel nobody wants to book; The town nobody wants to live Read More

Sad, sad state - 10/9/2013
I have lived in Jackson off and on for 21 years now (save for 2 years in Novi and 15 months in TN; came back both times), ever since I was 8 years old. I'm not quite sure exactly when it started getting so bad around here, honestly. All I know is you used to be able to identify the more unsafe neighborhoods and stay out of them. Now you just never know. The area around Cascades (S West Ave over to the Queens area) used to be one of THE most desirable neighborhoods in the city. Just last winter friends of mine living in that neighborhood were burglarized while on vacation by kids who had been casing the area. Said friends moved out of Jackson less than a month later. The area off of Parnall Rd (namely the Walnut Ridge and English Meadows communities, where I live at) was, even as recent as 2 or 3 years ago, a safe, quiet area where you could walk around the community at night and still feel safe. Just last month a lady in my neighborhood was raped by someone who walked in off Read More

help make changes - 8/30/2013
I read all of the reviews on Jackson Michigan.

Yes, things have gone downhill here the last 40 years. There are many reasons why. The big reason that I have been a witness to is the welfare programs that are now in place. People who are able to work choose not to as they get everything handed to them. Welfare should not be a way of life - it should be a hand up when needed.

I have restored two (approx.) 100 year old homes here. We can all make a difference one home at a time. It does not take money to weed and keep your home nice and tidy. If everyone would do this that would improve the area a great deal.

Be the change you want to see in Jackson - the complaining will not help anything.

Weed, paint, pick up trash, buy local, support the farmers' markets, make a difference in your community.

There are SO many good things here. The gorgeous historical homes, the parks, the lakes, the wineries, the downtown Read More

Unemployment - 9/24/2011
After having lived in Jackson, MI for nearly a year. And still having no success at finding a job to help support my family. Has made living here a bit of a drag. We were hopeful when we moved into the Jackson area that we would have a better chance at turning our lives around. However despite the the continued efforts of my wife and I, neither one of us have had much success in finding a good job. Read More

Detroit II - 1/21/2011
I've grown up in Jackson and must say, it was once a very productive city.
Now, as you go down some of the back roads (and main) you'll see abandoned shops, factories, and buildings.
Luckily, MacSteel has been taken over by a Brazilian company I last heard, Gerdau, and the steel workers have got some of their jobs back.
The arts community is trying to fix up the old prison and make it apartments and such and it's starting to come together but is going by very slowly.
It's just hard to see a once unique town slowly go into ruins and if it continues, it will look like a minature Detroit with the closed Read More