Reviews & Comments
Yorkville, IL
A nice town ruined by growth. -
8/17/2013I moved to Yorkville in 1988 from Naperville as I wanted to get away from the nightmare my hometown had become. Yorkville was a charming little farm town with a population of 1,800 people. I bought a 100 year old house and faded happily into the woodwork. There was no crime here then, you could leave your house/car unlocked and we seldom removed the keys from the car ignition. Then came the building boom in the 2000's and all the people who moved here for that country feel. Problem is they brought all their social problems with them (gangs, thieves, ghetto cruisers etc.). Several Sec 8 housing developments have made the crime rate skyrocket, foreclosures galore, rentals are very expensive: $1,000 mo for apt and $1,300 mo for a house. I've lived here for 25 years and as soon as I'm able, I'm out of here, what a dump this place has become!