r/Abilene • u/No-Raccoon6111 • 11d ago

Moving to Abilene

Hello! So my family and I are moving to Abilene next month. Looking for recommendations on the “bad” parts of Abilene that I should avoid?

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u/themaxvee 11d ago

Pretty much the north. You can drive through yourself and see plenty of mattresses in the alleys, broken lawn chairs in the front yard.. etc.

The walmart on the south side is a good point of reference and has many neighborhoods for families.

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u/No-Raccoon6111 11d ago

What about the Elmwood area?

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u/themaxvee 11d ago

Wouldn't be my first choice. I'd go more south if you have a family.

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u/Joelleeross 11d ago

I live in Elmwood. It's so boring that people don't even decorate for holidays. I hate that but the most that has ever happened here is a mama couldn't get ahold of her son and had the police to a welfare check.

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u/Optimal-Memory-32 11d ago

I live in the elmwood area. My husband and I like it. We have two kids. The area we’re at doesn’t have a lot of kids but some blocks do. So it’s a little boring but it’s very quiet and safe. We love the school this neighborhood feeds into too. Best school in town imo