it's common knowledge in the South that meth is a plague on rural areas and small towns, sadly

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you know those jeff foxworthy 'you might be a redneck if...' jokes? i read somewhere "you might be a redneck if you've been on tv news talking about your neighbor's trailer meth lab exploding more than twice." sad but true, unfortunately.
i remember a couple months ago, a trailer blew up in a neighboring county (Athens itself isn't rural, but it's in the middle of a very rural part of the state) and when my boyfriend and i saw it on the news we both went 'meth lab' like in unison. (it actually wasn't, it was a gas leak, surprisingly). but it's definately prevalent. we get a lot of meth heads trying to steal video games and cds at work. usually skinny pale white guys in nascar shirts.