Review of Springfield, Massachusetts


A city on the upswing.
Star Rating - 10/14/2019
Springfield is experiencing a rejeuvenation. Does the city have issues? Of course, what medium-sized city doesn't? During the past year, a new $1 billion MGM casino/hotel/entertainment center has opened downtown. The city's street life and restaurants, although not perfect, have improved. Lots of interesting museums and sites are in close proximity including the Basketball Hall of Fame, the new-ish Dr. Seuss Museum and the Springfield Armory. A new transportation hub (Union Station) with much more frequent service to Southern New England, New York City and Washington DC recently opened. Many lovely neighborhoods close to downtown.

Again, not a perfect city, but it's on the upswing. BTW, police substations have been installed all over downtown.
BJ | West Village - Soho, NY
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Springfield is NOT a medium size city. With only 151,000 residents it ranks as a very small city. Do the math , 20 homicides in 2018 , an insane murder rate for the population !!! And I might add that we didn't even talk about armed robberies, assault, rape , car jacking , drug dealing , gangs , theft , auto theft , etc. No , rather this is one disgusting , nasty , degraded sick community.. Any decent people have long since fled this ghetto. BYE !!!!!!!
Jeffrey | Bedford, MA | Report Abuse
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