Tennessee is Safer than other places
London's Daily Mail slammed Tennessee as being the most violent place in the US. This is of course ludicrous. There listing of most dangerous places did not even mention Illinois, specifically Chi...
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I like being in most all of Tennessee! Heck, I lived there for 5 years, and I travel much of it to this day.
However, back when Buford Pusser was cleaning-up the State Line Gang, and for some time after it hit the news, then the national news, etc. Back in the '70s, I never felt real safe when around Selmer, TN, down US 45 to Corinth, MS. Because of the corruption around those parts as evidenced and proven 40+ years ago, it just gave me the creeps to be around there. I don't think it was ever proven why Buford Pusser's Chevrolet Corvette left the road and he died in that one-car wreck after he cleaned-up the County as a lawman. That incident has always spooked me too.
However, back when Buford Pusser was cleaning-up the State Line Gang, and for some time after it hit the news, then the national news, etc. Back in the '70s, I never felt real safe when around Selmer, TN, down US 45 to Corinth, MS. Because of the corruption around those parts as evidenced and proven 40+ years ago, it just gave me the creeps to be around there. I don't think it was ever proven why Buford Pusser's Chevrolet Corvette left the road and he died in that one-car wreck after he cleaned-up the County as a lawman. That incident has always spooked me too.
