It's very difficult to find one for sale on the waterfront. A lot of the older homes that have been renovated are more popular. I think they are addressing the challenge, improving the water, city services and roads. A city construction program is building or retrofitting 11 elementary and middle schools over the next decade. Community policing efforts have made a dent in the crime rate, and unemployment has dropped significantly, prompted in part by a tax increment financing program offered to businesses by the city.
Fall River has cultural attractions in profusion, including a nest of museums on the waterfront.
The International Culinary Institute has brought a first-class cooking school and gourmet restaurant to the city. Also, there's the strong presence of the Roman Catholic Church in the seat of the Fall River archdiocese. A few years ago, they would have moved to the suburbs. It's nice to be in the country, but you have a private septic system to worry about. I find people are becoming more practical.