Mount Vernon, Il

[montana_molly]

I was born in Mt. Vernon. Sorry to hear about its sad shape. You know, though, violence is growing everywhere. And a lot of it is our fault; we have indulged our children, and our children's children too much, and consequently, have raised too many narcisistic (sp) children who have lost the ability to empathize. But there's still a lot of great ones out there.

Mt. Vernon used to be "relatively" safe. But then, I was a child; what did I know? LOL Everything was innocent then.

[taleka]

Mt. Vernon is a great town to live and work, please don't let some negative comments turn you away from a great community. We have our poorer section of town much like any other community in the United States. As far as crime, every town has crime no community can get away from that fact.

Much has been done to clean up the low income area of the city, thereby improving Mt. Vernon's overall look. There is a revitalizaton of our downtown area and a new interchange coming to the I57/I64 Interstate, which can only improve and encourage new business to our area.

The education system is good and works hand in hand with Rend Lake College to proivde dual credit classes for our high school students...what a deal. As well as one major employer 'Continental Tire North America' offers free college education to their employees and their familes...as well as their paycheck, insurance; etc. You don't find those opportunities from most employers across the county.

There is a lot of good in Mt. Vernon with a lot more to come!!!!!!!!!!!!! If you have the time come visit and draw your own conclusions.
Have a gareat day

[jojojohnson76]

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[teeteedat618gurl]

ima 16 yr old gurl who was born in raised i guess in the ( ghetto ) of mt.vernon on south 18th and south 24th . to me mt.vernon is a small broke little city dat is slowly growin. yeh it has problems on the wrong side of town but if thats where u grew up get use 2 it. if u dont wanna be round dat. dont go into southtown. i dont see why some of you guys think mt.vernon is a good place cuz its not. its filled with drama . i wudnt suggest movin here . my life has been miserable tryn 2 grow up here these past 3 yrs and im trying 2 get out of mt.vernon at 16 on my own. wish me luck plz.

[AJohnston_STL]

Originally Posted by teeteedat618gurl

ima 16 yr old gurl who was born in raised i guess in the ( ghetto ) of mt.vernon on south 18th and south 24th . to me mt.vernon is a small broke little city dat is slowly growin. yeh it has problems on the wrong side of town but if thats where u grew up get use 2 it. if u dont wanna be round dat. dont go into southtown. i dont see why some of you guys think mt.vernon is a good place cuz its not. its filled with drama . i wudnt suggest movin here . my life has been miserable tryn 2 grow up here these past 3 yrs and im trying 2 get out of mt.vernon at 16 on my own. wish me luck plz.

Slowly growing is a huge understatement. It's grown .2% (thats two-tenths of 1 percent) in 8 years. And that's probably the first uptick its seen in years. Marion is where it's at now. Mt Vernon is like the town that could have been Marion but never went over the hump.