Tacoma
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Tacoma Reviews
Rating 3.93 out of 5 517 reviews
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The government and police are corrupt. Their vision of the city is self fulfilling and that's why the industry and culture is lacking. They are discriminatory to people with disabilities. We have the most beautiful view in the world everywhere you go but the city wants to invest in polluting industries, disregard the local tribal interests, and prevent advancement of public interests (they sold our fiberoptic internet that was publicly owned and faked that it was losing money).
So the reviews here must be from people who are old or legit have not been outside. Tacoma is not a place for families at all! The constant gun fire is ridiculous. A home here is over 400k and that's for a small 2 bedroom house that looks like a shack you would see in a horror movie. Jobs are horrible and I'm a healthcare worker. Everything is run down and there is a horrible drug problem here. Please avoid! I'm moving out as soon as I can and I was one of those people who used this site to help make my decision thought based on the reviews it wasn't that bad yeah.... I can tell you people are lying on here.
My first 24 hours in Tacoma WA last year both my wife and my car had their windows smashed in and we were stolen from. There is a lot of hostility in this area and the neighborhoods aren’t ideal situations for raising a child. I would like to see a police force that actually cares and shows up when you call them to report a robbery instead of saying “we will look into it” over the phone and then proceeding to do nothing about it.
I love that tacoma offers amazing schools for the children. I would like to see the amount of homeless individuals roaming the streets and setting up camps in just about every area you can think of.
High homeless population w/ limited resources. High drug, gang & sex related violent crime rate. Alot of missing persons, most of which children. High number of sex offenders. Corrupt police department, below par jail conditions. HS graduation rate only 55%, lowest in nation. Roads full of potholes, congested traffic, constant freeway construction. Smells bad, high pollution, arsenic in soil. Lakes & Puget Sound contaminated. Lots of boarded up/condemned houses. Alot of illegal aliens. Cost of living higher than Seattle, min wage lower. Poor orthopedic care w/ only handful of ortho surgeons. Gas over $3, limited & $$$ public transportation. High unemployment rate, especially for felons. High percentage of population has felony convictions. Lack of security @ public schools & hospitals. Limited child care options. Rains a lot. People rude, will likely rob you & are bad drivers. Lots of steep hills. Parks are nice.
The police did not want to help there. Motel 6 staff there has a thief that stole 5,000 worth of clothes from a young heat out-of-town. He filed a police report, and they just pronounce the investigation "cold", meaning, they did not want to investigate. Unbelievable! Way to show young people to trust police these days! Avoid motel 6 at all cost !!!!
I do like the five mile drive in Tacoma it's a nice getaway. Major homelessness and mental health issue in this city.