Moving to Brockton. Opinions?

[nicklag87]

oh yeah! i didn't even think to mention what vneck mentioned. i've seen deer and such in my neighborhood as well cause i live near the woods, strangely we've also seen deer far from the woods, kind of in the more urban parts, just running through peoples yards XD. If you live near woods and have a small dog, watch him cause of coyotes, but don't worry, the coyotes don't carry guns, or at least they usually dont... :/ (jk obviously)

another thing to be aware of though is the neighboring areas to your part. the most secure places are near the town lines usually, and they aren't going to be expensive (i wouldn't think)

my neighborhood is really nice and i would think it's also inexpensive (south east), but i live right near probably the worst apt complex in brockton and then i also live right near crown place condos which my friend used to live in and it was very trashy, idk about dangerous, but people there were very trashy. literally, they left trash all over the lobby all the time. There's an elementary school so school police are almost always in the area or using the parking lot for a speed trap. the only bad things in my neighborhood that happened were with drug dealers that i didn't even know lived there. so unless you deal mass amounts of coke and live like a small time scar face you don't have anything to worry about.

[eskewkonprann]

I used to live in Brockton, and I really loved it there; it is probably one of my favorite places in all of Massachusetts! While it is undeniable that there is crime, in my opinion that shouldn't deter someone from taking advantage of all the great things a community has to offer. Brockton is very culturally rich, and Brocktonians hail from all over the place (of course there's the born-and-rasied, then many people from Haiti, Jamaica, Cape Verde, Puerto Rico, Lithuania, Trinidad, Liberia, Angola, Brazil, Portugal, Poland, and I could go on There's a lot of good community organizations and programs and just a great feel to the city. I would definitely recommend it, just don't look for trouble and chances are you won't find any.