Sweet Home....needs work
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4/16/2018
This little town has potential but not enough financial support backing its law enforcement and park area's. Very depressed community and as an old logging town it suffered significantly during the market crash of 2008. It's 2018 and the logging business has picked back up but town crime has risen as have the inhabitants of homeless people. Drugs are bad here and the SWAT team is raiding places constantly trying to clean it up but the struggle is ongoing. There is always trash in abundance laying about. Beautiful Foster Reservoir catches the brunt of it. I've found all kinds of trash, even syringes. The potential for this area to be pristine and quaint and healthy is possible but the less than helpful and caring citizens are in abundance it seems. Drugs are very bad here sadly. Logging is a huge part of Sweet Home's economy but its devastating to the mature forest if you care about nature and such things as I do. It's a job for many I understand. I would consider searching for safer quieter communities if I were to relocate but there are so many beautiful hiking trails and old growth trees here so just hike in numbers and plan on being a doer. This little town needs people who are going to make a positive difference here. I love the Santiam River. I love being an hour from the Cascades summit. Great location! Just needs good people.
Deanna | Sweet Home, OR