Pros and cons
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5/23/2010
Just like most places, Parkersburg definitely has it's pros and cons. The pros: pretty low crime rate (although it's growing more and more every year), typically no extreme weather and it really is a pretty place.
Now the cons which are much more extreme: all the chemical plants have created a hazardous and toxic environment, (Marietta, OH has one of the highest cancer rates in the country and auto-immune disease rates are very high also), very few good-paying jobs unless you are in the healthcare field or work for the government, NOTHING to do and the teens get bored really easily and that never leads to anything good, the hospitals and health care in this area suck, the list could go on and on and on...
I have lived here my entire life and am hoping to leave in the next few years. There really is nothing good or positive about staying here... If you are considering a move to this area...one word...DON'T!!! You will be sick year round and definitely bored out of your skull. Don't say you haven't been warned...and don't let anybody else tell you it's a good place to live...because it's NOT!
Tracey | Parkersburg, WV