If you're anything like me, you're sick and tired of Rockford getting a bad rap. To put it bluntly, things are bad everywhere, so to single out the city of Rockford in almost every single "Top 10 Worst Cities for Fill in the Blank in Illinois" article is pretty unfair.

Rockford is always the "most dangerous," "poorest" and "least educated" city in Illinois, but, it's not the "worst." At least that's according to this video, "The 10 Worst Cities in Illinois Explained."

See, it could always be a lot worse.

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