Life in Shelby
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9/12/2006
Nice place to visit but....
I don't live there but WAS looking in the area for a home. I was there in 7/06 and from what I understand from a FEW locals I talked to there the big problem is crystal meth (yeah drugs) One of them even reffered to the county of Cleaveland as the meth capitol of NC. Drugs usually fuel a high crime rate and this town has a rating of 7 for voilent crimes! I was told that a few days before I got there that in downtown Shelby two young ladies were robbed at gun point and relieved of 2 whole dollars.
I noticed when you drove through the town and went in to the residential areas that you could go one block either way and change from a very nice neighborhood to what appears to be ghetto! Imagine wlaking out your back door and having to look over the fence at a meth deal going down...
Steve | Statesville, NC