Eh.
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2/26/2009
I moved to Fillmore with my family when I was 13 and after college I moved back there for a couple of years with my husband. So, here's the good, the bad, and the ugly on the place...It's located in the beautiful Heritage Valley and is only about an hour north of LA. Agriculture is a big part of Fillmore life since the Heritage Valley is a big citrus-growing valley. The weather is pretty nice, and the nights are always cool, even in summer. In the spring it smells like orange blossoms all over the valley. That- I love. It's a small town and with it comes the potentially annoying small-town things. The schools are not great, but that is more due to a lack of funding than bad teachers. There are nicer, newer houses, but quite a few that are pretty nasty and some that should just be condemned. The main problem I see with Fillmore is the gang activity. The authorities work very hard to get it under control, but it is very hard to manage. As a result, there's quite a bit of graffiti and a lot of punk kids. I wish it wasn't that way, but that's just life in Fillmore.
Skifoot | Sandy, UT