Crime, Cost of living, and some other facts
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1/13/2011
I honestly can not wait to get out of this town.. I grew up in a much larger area and this was complete culture shock for me when I first moved here. Pros for the town are rent is very low. For a two bedroom decent appartment it's about $400 pr month. If your a regular church goer we have TONS of churches to chose from. Yeah i can't think of anymore pros off the top of my head.... CONS - The city of Alliance has very very poor money managment skills. The schools have TERRIBLE money management skills, they would much rather buy new bleachers vs paying to replace books that are well over 10 years old. The rent may be low but our tax rate is really high it's 7.5% sales tax here on everything BUT groceries. People in this town are rude. New businesses can't seem to keep their doors open for longer then 6 months. Our streets are TERRIBLE!!!! Had to replace very expensive parts in the front end suspention of my car because of pot holes that are un avoidable. To buy a decent house here plan on spending at the least $120,000. Our cops are crooked, our crime rate is a lot more then 4. I would say more like a 6 or 7. Seems like drunks are always walking around causing some kind of trouble or breaking something or breaking INTO something. There is absolutely nothing to do here besides travel an hour to a larger town for mediocre shopping. All anybody does is go to the bars get drunk and then fight each other (sounds like fun huh). Also in the last 5ish years there have been quite a few deaths.. Homicides, suicides, a handful accidental.. I don't recommend this area for anybody but maybe a single railroader that plans on moving back home in less then a year.. I didn't even touch on the job situation. Good jobs here are BNSF and Parker the end.. An accountant with a bachelors degree is lucky to make $25,000 a year here..
Nixon | Alliance, NE