Lived in Cleveland for almost 24 years
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2/4/2024
I just moved from Cleveland the last week of December 2023 and lived in Bradley County about 4 miles out of city limits for 21+ years and 2 years in the city limits. We moved to Cleveland in 2000 and I only moved recently due to the death of my spouse. We were never a victim of any crime, nor were any of our neighbors and we didn’t live in a gated neighborhood. I assume most of these crimes are happening down off of Wildwood Drive in the South section of town, and there are some projects near Lee University. (our kids all went to Lee University and they had no issues while on campus). We enjoyed our years in Cleveland. It is close to Dalton and is a short cut to Atlanta which is about 2 hours drive. Twenty minutes to Chattanooga shopping and about 30 minutes to Walnut Street Bridge/Coolidge Park/Arts District in Chattanooga. Two hours from GSMNP and Pigeon Forge and 3 hours to Nashville, six hours to Panama City Beach. There are plenty of jobs in Cleveland and the town has grown so much just since 2021 through 2023 and there is so much to do in the area. Every place has crime and if you have gang activity which Chattanooga/Cleveland does there will be crime. Drug running takes place up I-75 which runs right through both Chattanooga and Cleveland. There is a lot of Meth made in Tennessee. In Nursing school three years ago we were told that 70% of all the meth made in the US was made within a 100 mile radius of Chattanooga so that is an issue and anytime you have drugs you have crime, but the drug problems aren’t just around Chattanooga. Being a victim of crime or drug related crime depends on your habits and your choices. Stay out of Chattanooga after dark and pick your friends wisely. If you don’t do drugs and you don’t hang out in downtown Chatt or around the Wildwood area in Cleveland I personally don’t find the crime stats apply much to the ordinary, law abiding citizen.
Lewan | Cleveland, TN