Talk:Greenville, Texas

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[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.

[edit] The Famous Lee Street Sign

I grew up in and around Greenville in the 1940's and 1950's, moving away in 1965. Even though the sign was always there, I never knew anyone who thought it to be a racial slur. The "whitest people" idea was taken from an old southern slogan - "that's mighty white of you." The context meaning nice, not white as in the caucasian race.

Some locals were disturbed that the sign was taken down. In the late 1960's the slogan was changed to the Blackest Land, the Nicest People. Small signs were placed at the city limit markers on Interstate 30, but it never caught on, and was eventually dropped altogether. A picture postcard of the sign in the 1930's is posted under Images. LarryMack (talk) 19:43, 3 January 2008 (UTC)

Excellent contribution, Larry. I suppose that it was decided to put a dedication to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. on the former site of one of those signs on I-30? It is between Exits 89 and 93 on the eastbound service road. I never could figure out the meaning of that sign, but I imagine, due to what you stated, that one of those god-awful signs used to be there. It may not have been intended to be racist, and it would be a lie in that context (Greenville has always had a higher-than-national-average percentage of non-white folks); I guess it implied that those people did not exist (or the city wished they didn't). Absolutely awful. Enough dwelling on the past, though; let's look to a future of equality, inclusion, and dialogue, which Greenville seems to be attempting wholeheartedly. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.183.34.70 (talk) 08:52, 5 January 2008 (UTC)