[nclaurel]

There’s something peculiar with the criteria, because little Gastonia, North Carolina is the only NC city on there, while notably bad Durham is not.

I agree. I live in Raleigh and Durham is a mess with murders and crime! Can't figure what the issue is with Gastonia.

[wally_bert]

Gastonia was a fairly OK place until hurricane Hugo.

It went into a decline and never seemed to recover.