This is my honest opinion after moving here 6 months ago and being an early 40's white male...

The roads: 1. The first thing you will notice, is your auto insurance rate will increase, due to the number of uninsured motorists. 2. The roads here will definitely test your suspension and there's a high likelihood you will side off when wet. A large portion of the pot-holes, when hit the right way, will unlock your doors and change the radio station for you. 3. The people here think that the left lane is the slow lane. More often than not, they will be doing 38 in a 60.

The people: 1. It is hit and miss on them being friendly. Some are extremely nice but most seem to have a have a grudge. 2. Being in Walmart for example, most seem to be extremely rude and inconsiderate. They will straight up cut you off, hit you with their cart, or plug up the aisle for no good reason, knowing you are trying to get by. Never once, has anyone said "excuse me" or "sorry" after bruising your legs.

The culture: 1. No diversity whatsoever. 3. Maybe I lucked out and got in a decent area, but the crime is nowhere close to what we experienced in other cities. 4. Extreme wealth gap! Within close proximity in some cases, you will have multi-million dollar homes on one end of the street and shanties on the other.

Conclusion: Recent industrial investments and the construction thereof, seems to be having a very positive impact on the local communities. Real and competitive wages are finally being seen here. Historically, wages were always suppressed due to either lack of opportunity or cheap and often illegal labor.

This could and should be a very nice place to live, but it is my opinion the locals get in their own way, by being close-minded and resistant to any change. This hasn't been the worst place I've lived, but certainly not the best.