Moving to Streator IL

[mom22103]

This is what im going to say about all this hatin aobut streator. IF YOU DON'T LIKE STREATOR STAY AWAY FROM IT!!!!!!!!! You don't have to come here we don't mind.

I have lived here my whole life born and rasied its not that bad of a place to be. I have 2 kids that im raising in this town and they like it to. I can't say that i have wanted out of here i have do to the employment but that is everywhere. the only thing i can say is if you want to move to streator that is up to you. if you believe everything you hear about the murders here it is everywhere to. all i can say is try it if you like it that is good if not you atleast tried.

Oh yeah if you believed everything you hear well than i wouldn't want to live in illionis because we have had a bad govonor in office. That would be the samething on moving to a different state makeing it seem all that bad when it isn't.

[Drover]

What?

[chevy427]

My family and I moved to streator this year from Ottawa, and they have realy cracked down on the drug trade in streator. They are really cleaning this place up, Ottawa is the new streator, drugs are everywhere in ottawa, the grade schools are very good, and the jr high is good i have 3 kids in grade school and 1 in jr high

[mattm93]

I dont know much about Streator and have never been there. The only time I ever hear anyting about it is when one of those public anouncements come on saying a child has been abducted from somewhere in Streator (which is quite frequently).

[chevy427]

I am "Chevy's wife" & I have mixed opinions. We've only been here 3 months almost & I have metmany friendly ppl in passing. I must say I dont see near as many "thugs" as I do in Ottawa. They seem much less judgemental over here. I have read the blogs reguarding the "unsolved crimes/murders...it seems to me that we are the ones who elect the police & other officials in this town & that we should get some more qualified ppl in law enforcement here. I think when the new Walmart coming will bring more business to follow. It seems that it's cleaned up alot from what it used to be. Its had a bad rep which means us as a community need to work hard to change that. I'd live here before I would EVER consider Ottawa. We do need to bring in more businesses to provide employment. There are some really nice homes over here for cheap & plenty of places to rent. We live on the far east side & we have a lovely quaint neighborhood. The school, at least Oakland Park is family oriented yet a little on the strict side. My oldest daughter attends Northlawn Jr. High & LOVES it. This town has the potential to be a wonderful place to live. It's up to the ppl to make the nessasary changes.

[inchoate]

Hi I'm new to the forum but I've been reading the threads for some information on topics and out of curiousity. I'm from the Streator area and so I figured it was time to register finally and throw in my two cents. Streator is typically not the town of social acceptance and is commonly followed with the slogan "Keep your peter out of streetor" when its name is mentioned. The surrounding area of towns such as La Salle Peru, Mendota, Ottawa, etc. are very nice towns that are all generally formed from bussiness from the river or railroads and farming. All of the towns, because of their small size are usually pretty tightly knit communities (they veiw their communities as the epicenter of the world) and you will probably be welcomed very akwardly into the community at first, but after a few short years I'm possitive you will be comfortable.

[h2ohzrd]

Originally Posted by Drover

Streator is a nice little town kind of in the middle of nowhere.

Having lived in Boise and central IL, you might be disappointed in Streator. And as far as Streator being in the middle of nowhere...Boise is the most remote large city in the U.S. You are less than 2 hours to Chicago from Streator. In Boise, you're 6 hours from everywhere! But you can't beat the scenery and the outdoor life of the west.