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Posted: 5/4/2022 12:09:00 PM EDT
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Posted: 5/4/2022 1:36:43 PM EDT
[Last Edit: alacop]
Lived and policed there over 25 years. After the democrats took over about 20 yrs ago, nothing good to say. (See my reply in GD.)
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Posted: 5/4/2022 3:35:32 PM EDT
Used to be called "The Gump", but now "Monthuggery" is a better description. Revolving door criminal justice system, especially for murder.
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Posted: 5/4/2022 10:01:05 PM EDT
Just say no.
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Posted: 5/4/2022 10:25:18 PM EDT
If you're .mil about to be assigned here and not going to live on base, cities and counties to the north, across the rivers, are the better choice. Prattville (Autauga Co.), Millbrook (Elmore Co.), Wetumpka (Elmore Co.) are the closest. Public schools are so-so, private schools maybe a little better (my kids are out of the system 10 years now, thank goodness).
Be more specific with questions and you'll get more specific answers. |
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AL, USA
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Posted: 5/5/2022 8:56:32 AM EDT
[Last Edit: RedDane]
It's like most big cities with rotten inner cores and nice places in the suburbs.
Many people commute to Montgomery but refuse to live there because of the crime and garbage-fire politics. |
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Posted: 5/5/2022 10:05:30 AM EDT
I don’t live there anymore, but used to work for MPD until I escaped. As others have stated, live in Wetumpka, Prattville, or Millbrook and commute. Far East side is still okay, but stay east of Taylor Rd.
Good things about the area are fishing and good deer hunting, if you are into that. Also a central location in the state, so not too far from the coast, or more hilly northern areas. |
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Posted: 5/5/2022 6:44:08 PM EDT
[Last Edit: justsayin]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By bs295: I don’t live there anymore, but used to work for MPD until I escaped. As others have stated, live in Wetumpka, Prattville, or Millbrook and commute. Far East side is still okay, but stay east of Taylor Rd. Good things about the area are fishing and good deer hunting, if you are into that. Also a central location in the state, so not too far from the coast, or more hilly northern areas. Pretty much agree with this. |
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Posted: 5/31/2022 4:01:04 AM EDT
I worked there most of the last thirty years and retired the first of this year. They couldn't pay me enough, then or now, to live there - I live in the middle of nowhere in an adjacent county and commuted for all those years.
Yesterday was only the second time I have been back in Montgomery in the five months since retiring, and if I don't venture back there again it won't bother me in the least. No particular resentment at all for the city or county, but I consider it neither safe nor needful any more. YMMV. |
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Posted: 6/3/2022 7:29:01 PM EDT
[Last Edit: dreiwhit]
As others have said, there is nothing good about Montgomery. If you move here, live in Prattville / Autauga County or Wetumpka or Elmore County or Pike Road in Montgomery County.
Montgomery used to be ok, but the thugs started taking over about 25 years ago. A friend of mine did the math, and per capita, Montgomery actually has a higher homicide rate than Chicago! I came close to being mugged at the Walmart by Gunter Annex a couple of years ago. Since then, I bring my lunch and stay on base. |
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Posted: 6/6/2022 1:45:30 PM EDT
Quote History Originally Posted By dreiwhit: As others have said, there is nothing good about Montgomery. If you move here, live in Prattville / Autauga County or Wetumpka or Elmore County or Pike Road in Montgomery County. Montgomery used to be ok, but the thugs started taking over about 25 years ago. A friend of mine did the math, and per capita, Montgomery actually has a higher homicide rate than Chicago! I came close to being mugged at the Walmart by Gunter Annex a couple of years ago. Since then, I bring my lunch and stay on base. For a really exciting time, try the Walmart on Atlanta highway sometime. |
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Posted: 6/6/2022 5:58:22 PM EDT
Quote History Originally Posted By Cpt_Kirks: For a really exciting time, try the Walmart on Atlanta highway sometime. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Cpt_Kirks: Originally Posted By dreiwhit: As others have said, there is nothing good about Montgomery. If you move here, live in Prattville / Autauga County or Wetumpka or Elmore County or Pike Road in Montgomery County. Montgomery used to be ok, but the thugs started taking over about 25 years ago. A friend of mine did the math, and per capita, Montgomery actually has a higher homicide rate than Chicago! I came close to being mugged at the Walmart by Gunter Annex a couple of years ago. Since then, I bring my lunch and stay on base. For a really exciting time, try the Walmart on Atlanta highway sometime. |
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Posted: 6/6/2022 6:45:28 PM EDT
Quote History Originally Posted By brakeman123: Go big or go home........Ann Street Walmart for the win. Meh. You ain't lived until you shopped the Family Dollar on West Fairview and then picked up some lunch from Brenda's BBQ... 
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Posted: 6/6/2022 10:35:10 PM EDT
Memphis.
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Posted: 6/7/2022 1:12:37 AM EDT
Quote History Originally Posted By Cpt_Kirks: Memphis. /thread Had a good M.E. friend who did his forensic pathology residency in Memphis. After his stories, I cannot in all sincerity argue with you on this one. 
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Posted: 6/9/2022 2:51:35 PM EDT
Mogadishu, except on the Alabama river
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Posted: 6/10/2022 10:52:23 PM EDT
Quote History Originally Posted By billbotts: Mogadishu, except on the Alabama river I call it "Montgomadishu" |
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