Here's what they don't tell you about Port Lavaca
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2/12/2021
(1) I lived there 2 years. Here's what they don't tell you. This town leads the State of Texas for flesh eating bacteria. Dont touch the water! There is no beach other than a 30 x 3 stretch of manmade beach and again don't touch the water! There are people in town who are infected, you can see them with their purple necrotic skin on arms and neck and they've been in steroid and anti-biotic treatment for years. Look it up. (2)Yes, great fishing but you cant eat the fish (somebody died from eating the fish just 17 miles South) and again, you cant touch the water and its impossible to fish without getting wet. (3) Rotten food, its a land of stomach-churning fast food no good restaurants. (4) Hospital has a reputation allright, for giving you staff infections. (5) The local pool discriminates against senior citizens, its totally taken over by small children 100 percent of the time and no provision is made for seniors. (6) No shade trees, its grueling to try to even walk around. (7) No sidewalks (8) People let their vicious dogs loose at night, dont try to even bike the town when the sun goes down. (9) Cant drink the water due to pcbs and an underpowered-filtration plant (10) ALCOA was allowed to dump aluminum tailings and PCBS in the bay for 25 years without virtually no penalties. Summary: Port Lavaca has serious quality of life issues, and unless your idea of fun is contracting a lifelong flesh eating disease that will probably eventually kill you, stear far far from this town and count yourself lucky.
Michael | New York, NY