[quote name='Chacrana']Wait, the city as in... Rockford? One of my best friends works there and he said it's kinda ghetto, but I didn't realize it was hood-ish.[/QUOTE]
It's extremely ghetto.
Like holy shit ghetto.
13.3% unemployment, Number 10 on Forbes' most dangerous cities list, tons of run down buildings, etc etc. It's just a shithole that receives a huge influx of crime from Chicago.
Shit is miserable.
East side is misleading, doesn't look bad. West side is straight ghetto. I'd drive through there after gigs, basically don't stop unless you have to, lock your doors, don't make eye contact.