Talk:Greenville, Texas
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Greenville motto: Does anyone have more info on the unofficial town motto; "the blackest soil, the nicest people." Used to be slightly different in the old days...129.110.23.176 16:03, 29 March 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Crime Problem
While the trafficking of meth through Greenville is certainly occurring, its noteworthiness in the Greenville article is lessened due to the fact that I seriously doubt there is anything documented by any official source regarding a higher-than-average frequency of meth busts in the vicinity of Greenville along the highways mentioned.
Also, I'd like to see some proof that Greenville's crime rate is adversely impacted by the fact that it is merely along a route that drug-traffickers use. As the article stands, there is a problem with that factoid. I imagine most narcotraffickers just keep on driving and don't stop to cause crimes. If the article mentioned that the meth was being manufactured or being sold in Greenville, then that would be different.
Also, Greenville had an extremely high murder rate in 2004 (about 47.4 per 100,000), but simply had slightly above-average murder rates for other years (including 2005).
The crime section needs cleaned up or deleted. It just seems a bit amateurish and has no data to back it up.
