Moving from CA to Cairo...Where and what kind of work is available? (Chicago: houses, neighborhoods)

[BLS2753]

Originally Posted by muleskinner

Moving from CA to Cairo...Where and what kind of work is available?

I don't know about work in the Cairo area,but your main ACTIVITIES in Cairo will be protecting your property from theft/vandalism and your wallet from the cops there who LOVE handing out speeding tickets.They say Southern IL has a little bit of everything,that's our ghetto.

The Alexander County Sheriff's Dept. latest trick is setting up shop at the foot of the new Cape Girardeau bridge. Heavy traffic, 4-lane, 45 mph limit. Big revenue getter.

[whatever you want]

Originally Posted by BLS2753

The Alexander County Sheriff's Dept. latest trick is setting up shop at the foot of the new Cape Girardeau bridge. Heavy traffic, 4-lane, 45 mph limit. Big revenue getter.

THANKS....I didn't know they were working that area and I have to go over there this week I know they are continuing with their old tricks too on the interstate because a buddy was talking to me while going through there last night and he said they were like zombies crawling out of the hills.Scumbags royal

[Central Illinois 1]

No offense to anyone living in Cairo, but it definitely would not be my first choice. It has high unemployment, high crime, it is remote, and economically depressed. However, given that you have the money and time, if you have a Victorian to renovate that you can turn around and sell for a profit, it may not be all bad. But I would not plan to get top dollar for it. I am doing some guessing here, but I would think that very very few homes in Cairo are worth more than $80 - 100K.

[Chicagoland60426]

I never been to Cairo, in fact never travel that far south in Illinois, except going to another state. I heard about Cairo, and people said its a dump. Cairo have only 6,000 people and very isolated from any decent size city. This is why I will never live in a rural town, too isolated for my taste. Cairo is also the last town in Southern Illinois before you arrive in Kentucky. Like other people said there is nothing in Cairo that would make you move there. Honestly there is really nothing worth while south of Springfield. If you don't want to move to Chicagoland, you are better off in Peoria, Il. At least Peoria is big enough and have a decent downtown.

[Happy in Wyoming]

I was looking for more information on Cairo when I found all these threads. The city looks like it has real possibilities as a winter retreat, although I know the summers in Illinois are terrible.

But a classic Victorian near the confluence of the Ohio and the Mississippi could be a great place for a getaway from colder climes, and the city is a fair distance from any large metropolitan center so that in the event of Obama-induced social collapse, might not be a bad place to hide.

I know that Cairo had segregation until less than fifty years ago. I'm wondering if the neighborhoods are still segregated. That is, could a person find a home in an all White neighborhood? I'd also like to know the racial makeup of the police department.

I saw several very one-sided documentaries about Cairo, but they couldn't hide the fact that the place seems clean and the lawns look like they're mowed even on abandoned properties. The latter says something good about some of the townfolk.

I know that Cairo is a bit far north for most snowbirds, but I'm sure it's much milder than northern Illinois.

As you can see from my user name, I am happy in Wyoming, but I do like to travel occasionally and I love scenic and historic areas. A month or two in Cairo every winter might not be so bad.

[Stitches]

Originally Posted by Happy in Wyoming

I was looking for more information on Cairo when I found all these threads. The city looks like it has real possibilities as a winter retreat, although I know the summers in Illinois are terrible.

But a classic Victorian near the confluence of the Ohio and the Mississippi could be a great place for a getaway from colder climes, and the city is a fair distance from any large metropolitan center so that in the event of Obama-induced social collapse, might not be a bad place to hide.

I know that Cairo had segregation until less than fifty years ago. I'm wondering if the neighborhoods are still segregated. That is, could a person find a home in an all White neighborhood? I'd also like to know the racial makeup of the police department.

I saw several very one-sided documentaries about Cairo, but they couldn't hide the fact that the place seems clean and the lawns look like they're mowed even on abandoned properties. The latter says something good about some of the townfolk.

I know that Cairo is a bit far north for most snowbirds, but I'm sure it's much milder than northern Illinois.

As you can see from my user name, I am happy in Wyoming, but I do like to travel occasionally and I love scenic and historic areas. A month or two in Cairo every winter might not be so bad.

Cairo may have been a nice town when there were paddlewheels running up and down the river, but it is nothing more than a ghost town full of spooks nowadays. It is not even worth getting off the highway to see the town. It is not worth getting a bull**** speeding ticket or even getting robbed. There is nothing there. No infrastructure, no jobs, just a BBQ joint that supposedly tastes bad. Population is only about 3,000, and it is the worst school district in Illinois. Happy travels.

[Drover]

Originally Posted by Happy in Wyoming

But a classic Victorian near the confluence of the Ohio and the Mississippi could be a great place for a getaway from colder climes, and the city is a fair distance from any large metropolitan center so that in the event of Obama-induced social collapse, might not be a bad place to hide.

Here's the thing: the social order in Cairo has pretty much already collapsed. It's a small town with urban-style problems of poverty, violence, massive disinvestment, welfare dependency, drugs, you name it. If you took a slice of Detroit and dropped it on the southern tip of Illinois, the net result would be practically indistinguishable from Cairo as it is today.

Originally Posted by Happy in Wyoming

I saw several very one-sided documentaries about Cairo, but they couldn't hide the fact that the place seems clean and the lawns look like they're mowed even on abandoned properties. The latter says something good about some of the townfolk.

If this is your image of Cairo, you're in for a huge disappointment if you ever see it in person.

Originally Posted by Happy in Wyoming

As you can see from my user name, I am happy in Wyoming, but I do like to travel occasionally and I love scenic and historic areas. A month or two in Cairo every winter might not be so bad.

There are plenty of places to winter that are not much more expensive than Cairo but are much nicer overall.

[whatever you want]

Originally Posted by Drover

Here's the thing: the social order in Cairo has pretty much already collapsed. It's a small town with urban-style problems of poverty, violence, massive disinvestment, welfare dependency, drugs, you name it. If you took a slice of Detroit and dropped it on the southern tip of Illinois, the net result would be practically indistinguishable from Cairo as it is today.


If this is your image of Cairo, you're in for a huge disappointment if you ever see it in person.


There are plenty of places to winter that are not much more expensive than Cairo but are much nicer overall.

HIW...this post sums it up for you.As for the "nice mown
lawns" I have no idea where those pics could have been taken within Cairo.Maybe "urinated on until dead" lawns,but mown...I don't think so

[By~Tor]

Cairo - - - - is a ghetto.


Harrisburg - - - - is a ghetto with the world's largest KFC....



Muddy..... is about as good as its gonna' get!!!!

[skipcromer]

Originally Posted by Chicagoland60426

Honestly there is really nothing worth while south of Springfield.

Ya, those 700,000 people living just east of St. Louis may disagree with you.