Worst Community I've Ever Experienced
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1/7/2017
Spokane is absolutely the worst community I have lived in during my 65 years (and I have lived all over the US). Very unfriendly natives lacking the most basic of social skills, a noticeably dishonest business community where buyer beware is the standard and unprofessional practices are the norm, a healthcare community that is profit-driven, and a city government that is the most dysfunctional I've ever encountered. Crime, especially property, is widespread, while policing is almost non-existent, as is road maintenance and management, while everyone here seems accepting of the City and County lack of providing even basic services. Finally, the City's contemporary nicknames are all apt: Spocant, Spokanistan, and The Land That Honesty [and Time] Forgot. And despite the number of higher education institutions in the area, an absence of good education is notable throughout the area.
I remain somewhat baffled by how a community situated within so much natural beauty and access can be so comparatively unattractive when it comes to the human side? Nonetheless, gratefully moving this year after two-and-a-half years, and would have done so after only a few months, had I been able to afforded it following the worst relocation decision I have made in my life. Caveat emptor, and the only good thing I have to say about Spokane is that it is truly within one of the more beautiful areas of the US, as well as will please those interested in recreational and team sports, or a lower-cost-of-living locale for anyone enamored with American Pacific Northwest culture; i.e. already local or coming from similar communities elsewhere? Though I would observe that would be no recommendation for me.
William | Spokane, WA