Spent 8 years in Jonesboro
-
9/14/2009
Jonesboro has changed a lot in the past 8 years. It's the type of place you might raise kids if you just left a city like Oakland or Detroit. The food scene is non-existant, mainly chains and unreliable mom n pop spots. Night life is bars. Schools are horrible. They don't have recess in some of the elementary schools. They have lost accredidation. The nicest thing I could say about the school was that it was clean and new because that is the nicest thing. I had two children that attended elementary and middle school there beginning in kingergarten. It's hit or miss with the teachers, mostly miss. The Atlanta Motor Speedway backs up the traffic terribly on race weekends. If you are a city person, you will find yourself going to Atlanta all the time. If you are planning on not doing much except hanging around your house, your friends house or the grocery store, this is the perfect place for you. Oh and if you're single, good luck on finding someone in Jonesboro. They all have either gold teeth or missing teeth.
stacy | Atlanta, GA