Yo, Texans!

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Someone on my f-list is considering applying for a teaching job in Killeen. What do you know about the city and the area? (I confess, I've never stopped there for longer than it takes to hit the bathrooms somewhere while on my way through...)

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[mothoc.livejournal.com]

I posed this question to a friend of mine who lived in Waco (a bit northwest of Killeen) and he had this to say:

"i'll be honest and say I havent seen a nice side of town"

"I cant remember which was the better school, Killeen or Killeen-Ellison"

"a town that around Ft. Hood, so you get military amongst the locals which can be good and bad."

"In 2005, the city of Killeen suffered from burglary and larceny rates that surpassed those of both Houston <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/houston,_texas> and Detroit <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/detroit,_michigan>. In 2005, the National average of burglaries per 100,000 people was 814.5, while Killeen reported 2107.7 burglaries per 100,000 people. The National average of larcenies per 100,000 people was 2734.4, while Killeen reported 3698.1 larcenies per 100,000 people." (from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killeen,_Texas)

"i recall all the bad stuff being in the Harker Heights area"

"its like college station, but with a military base and less education"

[mvmarcz.livejournal.com]

yipe! Good to know! I can't get out of the interview as I have to interview so many places to graduate but if they offer I'll just say no thanks