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Jackson is a city in the south central area of the U.S. state of Michigan, about 40 miles (64 km) west of Ann Arbor and 35 miles (56 km) south of Lansing. It is the county seat of Jackson County. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 33,534, down from 36,316 at the 2000 census. Served by Interstate 94, it is the principal city of the Jackson Metropolitan Statistical Area, which includes Jackson County and has a population of 160,248.
Founded in 1829, it was named after President Andrew Jackson. By the late 19th century, it had developed as a railroad hub and was known as the crossroads of Michigan. By 1910 it had strong manufacturing of a variety of automobiles and parts and was also a center of corset manufacturing into the 1920s. As an industrial city, it attracted numerous migrants from the American South, both white and black, and European imigrants who were seeking better economic opportunity. The first state prison was built here and by 1882 had developed as the largest walled prison in the world, containing both factory facilities and farmland. A new prison was built in 1934 north of the city limits.

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There has been more crime in Jackson now then when I was a child.

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1 CRAPPY CAB CO., 1 BUS CO., WHICH IS TERRIBLE. THE HOSPITAL WAS TAKEN OVER BY HENRY FORD IN DETROIT, THE BEST DOCTORS SHUFFLED OVER THERE. THE ER IS AN ABORTION, WITH ROTTEN SERVICE, MEAN PEOPLE, AND LONG WAITS. THE PEOPLE IN ER ARE RUDE AND DO NOT KNOW WHAT THEY ARE DOING. NO TRANSPORTATION IF YOU ARE BROUGHT IN BY AMBULANCE. THE LAST TIME I WAS THERE, I WAS TOLD I COULD NOT WAIT BY THE ER DOOR; THAT RENT-A-COPS WERE GOING TO PUT ME ON THE SIDEWALK AT 4 AM IN 40-DEGREE WEATHER. INSTEAD OF PUTTING MONEY INTO THE ER, THEY PUT A BEAUTIFUL FACADE ON THE MAIN ENTRANCE DOOR. THE DOCTORS ARE OUT OF DATE AND HAVE A TERRIBLE BEDSIDE MANNER. I BROKE MY RIGHT ARM IN MARCH OF 2021, THEY SENT ME HOME IN A PLASTIC CAST THAT INFECTED THE SKIN ON MY ARM. ALSO HAD COVID AND PNEUMONIA AND DIDN'T TELL ME. ANOTHER TIME, I WENT FOR A PROCEDURE ON MY BLADDER. I HAVE IC. IT MADE EVERYTHING WORSE. IT IS A MONEY MAKER AT $600 A POP. THERE WAS A STUDY DONE, ONE WOMAN HAD IT DONE 10 TIMES, AND HAD TO HAVE HER BLADDER REMOVED. THE ARTICLE SAID IT IS A MALPRACTICE SUIT IN THE MAKING. THE UROLOGIST'S OFFICE HAS CONTACTED ME ABOUT 8 TIMES TO DO IT ALL AGAIN. AND THEY WON'T TELL ME WHAT WAS USED FOR THE "MEDICINE" IN THE PROCEDURE!!!!

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