City service tops poll about Akron concerns – Akron Beacon Journal

By Doug Livingston

What’s the matter with Akron?

“I think here where I work it’s probably the crime and then — second — the roads,” Rebecca Atkinson said with a disconcerted laugh. The manager of Maple Valley Cleaners on Copley Road recently moved from a West Akron apartment to a “more residential area” in Firestone Park, where it’s “a little quieter” and fewer people rent.