about the quality of life, meth and other things
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8/23/2006
I lived in Springfield (AKA Pleasantville, Springtucky) for several years. I volunteered at a location sort of in the middle of town and the house next door had been busted for meth several times. So it's there, but usually you will not see it. The business community is very close knit. The town is very "clickish". It seems somehow isolated from the real world...I'm not sure why this is. Maybe because almost everyone there is white. It's like the small city trying to act like a big one...very strange. THe traffic for a town that size is horrible...any time of the day the streets are filled with monster trucks and suburban soccer moms in SUVs pretending like they are in a city. But, the people are generally polite, except in traffic, where you will not be let out under any circumstances! It's worse than a real city. Also, there's not much "urban" area. The town is clean, there's almost no real crime, there are tons of cops. YOu will be pulled over, period. And if you are a minority, you will be pulled over daily and they will call for back-up. I saw three cop cars pulled over for one 70ish old lady in a lincoln towncar. I lived two and half miles from my office and would count the cops on the drive there. There were never less than four. THe most I counted was ten. If you love church you will love springfield! The headquarters for the Assemlies of God is there plus several religious universities. I haven't heard much about how the devil is going to get me if I do this or that since I left Springfield. Every time I go back there, it's exactly the same. The cost of living is low, it's slow paced, it's ultra Christian conservative. So, if you are a very conservative, upper middle class (or wannabe) who wants a safe place to raise kids in almost completely white, crime free suburbs and you want lots and lots of church options, Springfield might be a good place for you. Or if you are a college student since that's what the town caters too mostly-and there's a lot of cool bars and jobs for you, you will do fine.
januarie | Kansas City, MO