HWY, LWR is east of 75, not a lot of industry, so it doesn't exactly fit the picture of urban decay. That sounds like justification because someone was bent out of shape and wanted to move - you can always find a reason. Yes, there was a LWR teacher busted for meth a few years ago that made a lot of news, think she lived in Hardee County because Hardee PD did the search of her house that turned up meth.
Bad stuff will happen anywhere, particularly if you're pressing the margins. BR's old HC is serving a 10 year sentence for DUI vehicular manslaughter that killed a fellow coach and his best friend.
HWF, welcome back, again. Yeah it happens everywhere a few years ago in your neck of the woods at Hardee Junior High where they caught a teacher with pot at school. Dumbasses abound in society, they are individuals and the bad is on them, not the institution.