Reviews & Comments
Salem, OR
slowly going downhill -
8/8/2008Salem has slowly been going downhill for many years. I have lived here for 13 yrs, and just outside of Salem for 6 years prior to that. I can't wait to get away from here. We may end up taking a loss on our house, or renting it out, just to get out. Criminals everywhere, crooked city police with no accountability, prisons all around, escapees from the mental hospital, bums being spread all over town by the decrepid bus transit system. A mayor whose got developers hands in her pockets, development everywhere, yet no plans to develop the infrastructure to handle all the traffic. You used to be able to get from one side of town to the other in 15 min, not any longer. Expect at least half hour - 45 min. And nothing to do if you don't like hanging out at the many bars. Oh but they do have a nice quarter million dollar bathroom being built in the main city park, that's 1 bathroom, while the bathrooms in the rest of the park and the other parks remain run down and disgusting. If you want to enjoy life, don't move here.