I’ve worked in the some of the most “dangerous” parts of these cities. Where did you get robbed in NYC. You really are daft if you’re comparing gas stations in different crime areas. Rural violent crime and drug use is up too but it doesn’t get national attention. My dad’s place was robbed in a city of 2000 people. 99 percent white.
“At nearly 600 square miles, Guthrie County is 97 percent white, with about as many youth as seniors. With a median income of $52,702 and a poverty rate around 11 percent, it is not among Iowa's poorest counties.
Yet widespread addiction, crime and neglect have caused some to use the term "rural ghetto" to describe what's happening in parts of Bagley, Bayard, Casey, Jamaica, Menlo, Panora, Stuart and Yale, small towns within the county, locals say.”
”Gries estimates he's been to about 75 percent of the homes in Casey, because of either drugs, domestic disturbances or welfare checks.”
“Gries estimates he's been to about 75 percent of the homes in Casey, because of either drugs, domestic disturbances or welfare checks.”
”Gries said he's made 350 drug arrests in his six years in Guthrie County — most of them for meth, marijuana and a mix of other drugs. That's roughly one in every 30 county residents. The county's six other deputies make similar numbers of arrests.”
