re: #167 chadu

Yes, I am being a little unfair to other towns of the same size. A closer look at Maryville reveals it has a history.

Raymond Gunn

The case received massive national publicity because it occurred outside the Southern “lynch belt”, because of its brazen and planned nature, and because the county sheriff did not activate National Guard troops that had been specifically deployed to prevent the lynching.
The case was frequently invoked in the unsuccessful attempt to pass the Wagner-Costigan Act during the presidency of Franklin Roosevelt, which would have made it a federal crime for law enforcement officials to refuse to try to prevent a lynching.

Steubinville is a former industrial city that lost its industry.

Maryville is way out in the boondocks of Missouri.

So let me amend my statement. Towns of large size that have a depravation issue of one sort or another are more likely to have issues like this.