what happened to cairo illinois (East St. Louis, Brookport: house, crime, retire)

[Vision-Quest]

is cairo turning into a ghost town? looking at its city profile, it used to have over 10,000 residents, and looking at its pictures and is rapidly loosing population... crime rate is extremely high as well. what happened to cairo? was there a massive flood one time??

just wondering..

[karlsch]

Originally Posted by Vision-Quest

is cairo turning into a ghost town? looking at its city profile, it used to have over 10,000 residents, and looking at its pictures and is rapidly loosing population... crime rate is extremely high as well. what happened to cairo? was there a massive flood one time??

just wondering..

Read through these threads:
Cairo Doc
Moving from CA to Cairo...Where and what kind of work is available?

[From the Chi]

About a year ago, I started to ponder about where I wanted to live, once I retired. With still few years left in this body of mine and of meager means I started to research my options. I did not consider the south because the climate is much too hot and out west seemed very distant to me. What I ended up doing was coming back home. My father was raised in Brookport, Illinois and for a city kid, I always had fond memories of a time that has been recaptured. What I mean by recaptured, is that I myself purchased a house in Cairo. I invite people not to fingerpoint, but help revitalize a city that is such a big part of our history. If we do not take the time to do so, we also lose part of ourselves

[By~Tor]

Cairo is an honest "ghetto".... devoid of opportunity, plagued by the "Thug Life" mentality among its populace, and a victim of ongoing white lfight, without any black leadership filling the vacuum.

Think "East St. Louis", but smaller and more historic-looking in appearance....