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bre_huh t1_j7p4rbe wrote

Reply to comment by TPCaffiend in ASL by nittoka

If you don’t mind, could your share the details with me as well? I’ve been wanting to do this and only knew about OTC’s classes.

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3xxLoser t1_j7oukqq wrote

Reply to Experiences living in West Central? by sun-w0rshipper

Don't... Just don't. Especially if you have school aged children. Seriously. I moved from the area a few years ago. Myself and my children were born and raised in Missouri. I raised all 3 of my kids in the Springfield area. Had several friends in the areas of Scenic/Madison/Golden. We loved it there for a very long time. From 1990-2018 it was all we had known. I hated leaving but It deteriorated SOOOO bad year after year. Although I'm not at all sure where one could go to feel safe now days.

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ashlana t1_j7odd77 wrote

Reply to Experiences living in West Central? by sun-w0rshipper

I lived on West Madison from mid-2016 to mid-2017. People were brutally beaten with a crowbar multiple times, someone got stabbed, a woman was shot to death. Our next-door neighbor constantly did meth and heroin and would ask to borrow our electricity with an extension cord bc he couldn’t afford it. Our house got broken into, our fence was graffitied, gunshots every single night.

I could go on and on.. this was all in only a year’s time. I would say 90% of crime in that area does not get reported. Living there, I learned that in “rough” neighborhoods, people handle things themselves and cops are rarely called. If I were you, I’d visit the area you’re looking at during the night a few times as that’s when it typically gets crazy in my experience.

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Wolverkeen t1_j7o8fzc wrote

Reply to 417's Best of Restaurants '23 by Globalksp

And the winners are..........the same restaurants that have won for the past 8-15 years. Why? Because 417 is a magazine for dentist office waiting rooms and semi-affluent straight white people.

Put me on that list, because 417 Magazine just got ROASTED and SERVED.

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