What are the ‘residual problems’?
Peach
Problems got worse with cable TV when they started emulating their city cousins, and turned into rural versions of "Superfly".
Where I lived, in the late night stillness, I could lie in bed, and hear them from miles away as they roamed the county in their cars blasting rap music, looking for another burglary or home invasion. In my corner of this very rural area, women would not work in their kitchen gardens unless they were carrying.
More than one town merchant told me that that there is no use revitalizing the historic district when after eating at a cafe someone is waiting behind the building to mug you.
You may recall in recent months the story of the minister and his wife who were robbed in an home invasion near Lake Gaston. The minister's wife was tied up inside the house, the minster abducted, and the wife was left to die inside their torched home, burned alive.