text: I moved from Creswell after living there for the last 3 years. It's rapidly becomming a tale of two cities. On the east side of  I-5 the homes are more upscale than the west side - and on the west side is where most of the criminal element resides (more populace too). The schools are fairly lousy after elementary, and somehow the town supports 5 convenience stores but couldn't support a Ray's grocery. The local post office is about the worst I have ever experienced. 
  
  I watched the criminal element gradually increase the last few years. Often times seeing one hoodlum face gone for awhile, only to see it reappear again mysteriously the following year or so.....likely due to release from jail/prison. There are no real police patrols to speak of, no speed traps, kids are bored, and rents hard to come by. Most apartment complexes are section 8 and welfare filled, and most baby momma's ever changing boyfriends are ex-cons and/or druggies. Creswell better figure it out fast.