Green Bay is one of the Worst Places in Wisconsin
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8/9/2016
There was a time in the 1980's and the 1990's when I used to say that Green Bay was generally safe, comfortable, and a nice place to live. But once I got to actually know someone that lived in the City of Green Bay, I would tell everyone to STAY AWAY FROM GREEN BAY. What a nightmare!
Green Bay used to be thriving in the 1990's...but a new mayor and city council have run the place into the ground. Many of the factories have closed, most of the paper processing plants are gone, and the city has lots of dead rotting buildings and infrastructure. There are few stable jobs. Green Bay has a few areas of the city that are affluent, much like any city.
The only thing Green Bay has is the Green Bay Slackers, a football team that plays about 8 games a year at the most in the city. Why Green Bay has an NFL team yet is somewhat of a mystery. Other than that, there isn't much to do in Green Bay, other than get lost in its maze of streets and roads that are terrible to navigate. But hiding behind all of that is the nightmare..
One of the reasons that many businesses left Green Bay Wisconsin is the fact that the City is absolutely a TERRIBLE place to do business. Try to build something, even add a wall in your business or home, and the City sends out building code cops to harass you and intimidate you. I've dealt with the City of Chicago, even Milwaukee, and Green Bay is just terrible to work with, it seems like working with the mafia, they want you to pay the mobsters otherwise bad things happen to you...
The city has some of the worse codes and ordinances and makes the Chinese government look like saints. If you accidentally leave your city trash can out after they pick up trash, the city fines you $75! Yes, $75 a can. Have more than one city garbage can, and having to get to work on time can cost you $150 or more.
The City of Green Bay has no respect for the constitution and property rights. I know of a couple that went on vacation for two weeks and returned to find that the City had tresspassed on their property and completely cut all of their decorative flowers and plants. They claimed that they violated a city ordinance. Never served a warrant, just did $3500 worth of damage to the citizen's property. They moved out of the city and filed suit against the City of Green Bay for damages for the value of their home, which they state is basically worthless because they cannot use it as they wish.
I had another friend that came home to find his car missing from his driveway. He thought it was stolen. After dealing with the "mafia" the city claimed that his vehicle was "too old" and they towed his vehicle from his private driveway at his home, when he was at work. The city attempted to extort over $400 to return his car. They never had a warrant to seize property and trespass on his land, and caused him financial harm as he could hardly afford to pay his utility bills because of the paying the ransome to the City. Further, he was harassed by the city after that many times.
Wal-Mart, which is obviously a well known store chain, attempted to purchase and build a store in Downtown Green Bay, an area which is zoned for such types of businesses. The location that Wal Mart attempted to build on was previously a department store, and was a perfect match for zoning for a large retailer. The City of Green Bay requires "approval" (approval of the head of the mafia) in order to build a structure or commercial building. The City Council denied Wal Mart a permit to build their store in Downtown Green Bay. Such activity caused Wal Mart financial harm, which invested millons in the design and development of the store.
But don't forget about all the JOBS that were lost because of that Wal Mart not being built.
Green Bay has both big crime and petty crime, it ranges from graffiti...along with the city harssing you the day after you've been vandalized with potential fines....to shootings, robberies, muggings, car thefts....
Over all, there is ABSOLUTELY nothing that would attract me to Green Bay. There are a few nice areas around the lake, but why not just drive north on either side of the Peninsula?
Overall, I would describe Green Bay as a living hell, only from people that I met that actually lived there or tried to live there or do business there! STAY AWAY, that house is not worth the trouble!
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