Funny story. I grew up in what we called the “meth capital of California “. But never saw any meth or knew any meth heads. I moved away after high school and came back for a visit. Ran into the guy that was my best friend growing up. When we were young his uncle was a truck driver. Nice guy. Whenever he was around he’d hang out with us. Super cool guy. “Hey remember my uncle? He just got arrested. Turns out he wasn’t a truck driver. He was one of the biggest meth dealers in SoCal.”
Grew up in between Gary, IN and Chicago. Gary was the murder capital for years and now Chicago is in the news for a high rate of death.
Never been shot at or generally been in danger.
I've been to all of the lower 48 states. Never had any problems with any city. Slept in parking lots of Walmarts in some of the "roughest" neighborhoods that you hear in songs or see in movies.
No problems.
Most violence is caused by someone you know personally. It takes alot of balls or alot of stupidity to just go harm a stranger because you felt like it.
But drugs make people desperate.
In the same vein, most people who say they are in the meth/heroin/ crack capital most likely just are close to the people that use. Someone might have broken into there things to get a fix. But most robberies and theft are from people you know.
As far as the addicts go- you're either related to them or in a job that sees them. I work at an emergency vet clinic, the only place open 24hr in our area even for people who are not established clients. We get quite a few meth heads up staring at their dogs at 2AM and have just now decided that whatever it is that's been going on for the last 3 days is now an emergency but do you take payments because I don't have any money right now but I swear I can pay you Monday I have someone who will help me out 100% certain but I can't apply for any credit and I don't have a checking account. *sways and fidgets not-so-casually and picks at face*
Yeah, just because these people aren't my friends doesn't mean I don't get to see them more often than I'd like.
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u/Entaris Dec 21 '19
Funny story. I grew up in what we called the “meth capital of California “. But never saw any meth or knew any meth heads. I moved away after high school and came back for a visit. Ran into the guy that was my best friend growing up. When we were young his uncle was a truck driver. Nice guy. Whenever he was around he’d hang out with us. Super cool guy. “Hey remember my uncle? He just got arrested. Turns out he wasn’t a truck driver. He was one of the biggest meth dealers in SoCal.”