Not a great place to live
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5/10/2018
Spokane has had, for decades, a very deserved reputation for being crime-ridden, trashy, and downtrodden place. Imagine the walking dead, but in real life. The city has huge issues with drugs, homelessness, property crime, and assault. The roads are also so bad as to damage your vehicle. Jobs are low paying, and the entire economy here is supported almost completely by a huge medical provider system (think Medicaid dollars) and Fairchild AFB. Otherwise, it's generally low paying service employment (retail and restaurants). The city, realizing to some extent the well-deserved reputation isn't good for business, wastes millions of dollars on projects that don't fix the real issues, and come across like that neighbor that can't afford to keep up with the other neighbor, but tries anyway. Only, this neighbor is 300 miles west. There's been a recent push using social media to try and convince people that facts aren't facts, and that Spokane doesn't actually suck. They even made a hashtag, so must be true, right? Wrong. There are some pretty places to visit within a days drive of Spokane, but Spokane itself is anything but. The only way to know for sure about this place is to actually visit. Spend a weekend with the meth heads wandering around talking to themselves and decide for yourself. But lock your car, or it won't be there when you get back.
| Spokane Valley, WA