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<blockquote data-quote="donna723" data-source="post: 374662" data-attributes="member: 1883"><p>I don't know if you've ever been to St. Louis but if you're right downtown, neither side of the river is very nice. If you're east of the river in East St. Louis, you're in Illinois, and that is NOT the place where you would be wanting to live or be looking for a job, especially with kids! At one time it had the highest crime rate in the whole country! I don't know if it still does but definitely not a nice place to be. On the Missouri side, right downtown on the riverfront where the ball park and the touristy things like the Arch are is OK (during the daytime) but if you venture a few blocks away, you're really asking for it. Of course, nobody <em>lives</em> right downtown except for a few very expensive "loft-type" condo buildings. The suburban areas are some better but St. Louis is a HUGE, very busy, very confusing place to be, especially if you're not used to it. Not exactly a good place to be if you have no resources and no family there. </p><p> </p><p>If she stays there, the only thing I could suggest is possibly the Catholic Church. The Church is still a very large presence in St. Louis and I know that the Catholic Social Services is very active - not sure if they have shelters but I think they do, at least they used to.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="donna723, post: 374662, member: 1883"] I don't know if you've ever been to St. Louis but if you're right downtown, neither side of the river is very nice. If you're east of the river in East St. Louis, you're in Illinois, and that is NOT the place where you would be wanting to live or be looking for a job, especially with kids! At one time it had the highest crime rate in the whole country! I don't know if it still does but definitely not a nice place to be. On the Missouri side, right downtown on the riverfront where the ball park and the touristy things like the Arch are is OK (during the daytime) but if you venture a few blocks away, you're really asking for it. Of course, nobody [I]lives[/I] right downtown except for a few very expensive "loft-type" condo buildings. The suburban areas are some better but St. Louis is a HUGE, very busy, very confusing place to be, especially if you're not used to it. Not exactly a good place to be if you have no resources and no family there. If she stays there, the only thing I could suggest is possibly the Catholic Church. The Church is still a very large presence in St. Louis and I know that the Catholic Social Services is very active - not sure if they have shelters but I think they do, at least they used to. [/QUOTE]
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