Recent comments in /f/springfieldMO

Marqueso-burrito t1_jdvwg3b wrote

Reply to comment by [deleted] in Does this area have as much crime as people say ..? People keep telling me this is crackhead central. by shdwfknbnd

Do you have data that you haven’t? All I can tell you is stories but it’s up to you to believe me or not. It’s happened several times in the family bathroom of walmart, it happened less often at wings but it did happen. Those are only the times I was there. See you tell me one good thing about springfield I’ll see 5 bad things. Whereas anywhere else (except chicago or philly) you say one bad thing I’ll show you 5 good things. I’ve been to almost every state, and I feel as though I spent enough time in those places to see both good and bad, not enough time to really judge them but to see the surface. Here I’ve been in the thick of it for a while now and I can’t say I’m happy ab it.

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krillozian t1_jdvvdtv wrote

Reply to Does this area have as much crime as people say ..? People keep telling me this is crackhead central. by shdwfknbnd

Coastal transplants will find that Springfield is pleasantly low crime as compared to their home. We only have a handful of killings and driveby shootings a year now, but that didn't use to be the case, to people who have lived here longer than 5 or 10 years crime is skyrocketing. The low cost of living invites people from big cities, and with poverty comes crime. In five years it'll be much worse, we had our first gang shooting at a high school recently, and it was from a St. Louis gang banger who moved here. I expect now that there has been one, there will be more.

Anyway, if you're moving here from out of state and have any money you wont be in places where you have to worry about crime (yet). North of Grand is the current big crime dividing line.

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SomethingClever2022 t1_jdvu56y wrote

Reply to Does this area have as much crime as people say ..? People keep telling me this is crackhead central. by shdwfknbnd

Our police chief admitted to throwing away rape kits several years ago. One of those kits was on a 4 year old victim. I’d say our crime is not any worse than anywhere else in the region-but our law enforcement definitely sucks.

The sheriff also has a major ego and no one will run against him. His current hatred is for the unsheltered.

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Marqueso-burrito t1_jdvt282 wrote

Reply to comment by [deleted] in Does this area have as much crime as people say ..? People keep telling me this is crackhead central. by shdwfknbnd

Incorrect, I loved pittsburgh, I loved Salt Lake City (only lived there for a few months my asthma couldn’t handle the smog) if I could go anywhere it would be anywhere but here. I’m very happy in general however after spending time here I cannot stand this city. The politicians are dumb, and the school board candidates are dumber. When I was in high school I had to ride my bike to work so naturally since I lived on the north side, I worked on the north side, I worked at Culvers and when I ran food I got chased into the restaurant with a knife by a homeless man, a customer had a pistol and got the guy to back off. When I worked at Walmart I did online grocery pickup and had to deal with meth heads coming in the parking lot trying to bribe me to get them free groceries with meth. They upped the security. When I worked at wings etc I had to kick people out on the daily because they’d be shooting up in the bathroom. (That also happened at Walmart) I once had to tackle a guy at the gas station because he was beating the shit out of a woman, in broad daylight, nobody else did anything. Including calling the police, they just looked at me and kept walking. You should really look at springfield in a different light because I’ve seen both sides and to sum it up, the bad heavily outweighs the good in this town. That’s not just me either. People get stuck here, most folks I’ve met agree springfield is a black hole good things fall into.

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Super-Preparation878 t1_jdvlro8 wrote

Reply to Does this area have as much crime as people say ..? People keep telling me this is crackhead central. by shdwfknbnd

I think it’s mostly people are comparing it to surrounding areas and towns that gives such a bad view honestly. Drugs and theft are really the big ones but all three towns you listed are pretty decent midwestern towns, I’m a little closer to Lake of the Ozarks but spent 8 years in Springfield if you’re not looking for trouble most likely you’ll have zero problems just be sure to lock your car doors the meth heads are scavengers.

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pssssn t1_jdvljee wrote

Reply to comment by AmcillaSB in Is there a single air nozzle left in town? by No_World9345

Not everyone is up for this, but include a tire plug kit and some pliers and there is potential for you to be able to temporarily repair some kinds of tire punctures without even removing the tire from the car. Has saved me a lot of trouble at least once.

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dusthimself t1_jdvjafx wrote

Reply to comment by [deleted] in Does this area have as much crime as people say ..? People keep telling me this is crackhead central. by shdwfknbnd

You're from Orlando, you'll be fine, lol. I've lived all over Missouri and everyone that hasn't strayed far from the bible belt thinks their city is going to hell so don't let any alarmists get to you. Just be smart, know your neighborhoods like any other city you'd plan on living in, and you'll be fine.

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Ok_Magazine_1037 t1_jdvh21f wrote

Reply to comment by LeeOblivious in Hate getting jumped with ads from unqualified School Board candidates at the gas station pump? Me too! Here’s a helpful tip (note: only worked on the first of many political ads; as tested at Rapid Roberts, Fremont & Republic). by MacAttack2015

Landon McCarter is an idiot. Has been since our Kickapoo high school days. His friend Kelly Byrnes isn’t any better. They were rich spoiled babies then and are the same as adults now only more entitled if that’s possible.

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VoidDemon0226 t1_jdvf71a wrote

Reply to comment by MarcTime3159 in Everything is Jewish according to the trash thrown in my neighborhood last night by MOF1fan

It's bc the flyers are made by the nazi equivalent of a dude sitting in a basement on his conspiracy theory podcast, and multiple nazi groups across the nation listen to said dude, download the flyer pngs and toss them around bc they can never think of their own flyers to make. The part not shown on these baggies (luckily) is the link to said basement dwellers anti-jewish tinfoil hat podcast.

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