Reviews & Comments
Wooster, OH
what they dont tell you about wooster -
4/2/2013where to begin? wooster is mostly a white community, with a near perfect split of liberals and conservatives. there is a huge gap between the few rich (ceos and college of wooster professors) and the poor (nearly everyone else). full time jobs are nearly non existent. two grocery stores (if you can call walmart a grocery store) hold a monopoly on prices. dont even get me started on the sole cable company for the area. there is no public transportation. there is nothing for teenagers to do. the town is on a crossroads of major highways in ohio, and is used as a drug trade route. dont raise your daughters here. the rape rate in wooster is more than 3 times the national average, while the number of rape prosecutions are very low. rapists arent prosecuted unless some other crime was also committed at the time. the poverty level is high in the downtown and short north areas. if you live there your k-4 will be educated in the over-crowded old high school building, where 75% of the students get free and reduced lunches. and forget about any type of organization to the pick up and drop off of students, which often clogs Quimby street, leaving the road impassible for 15 minutes or more. the "y" shape intersection which defines the short north, as well as the section of milltown road nearest walmart are jammed like clockwork beginning around 3pm on weekdays. upon the closing of multiple mental institutions in the surrounding areas (beginning in the 80s, the last one was just closed recently), many of the released mentally ill have flocked to live in wooster. im not trying to scare anyone. upon a quick pass through wooster appears quaint (especially after all the wasted funds used to redecorate the downtown area). but, in truth this small town has been using tiny band-aids and flashing lights to cover up and distract from the biggest problems the city faces.