Drugs in Bridgeport/ Clarksburg area?

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Originally Posted by hatnic

Is there a major drug problem in the area of Bridgeport/ Clarksburg area? My husband and I are wanting to relocate to the Bridgeport area but have been told that there is a meth problem in the area. We have not found anything on this while researching the area. We have three small children and are wanting to move to a safe and pleasant area. We visited this past week and loved the area of Bridgeport. Also, if anyone can tell me about Simpson or Johnson Elementary, such as, if they are great schools and if they are safe schools that would be great.

Thanks,
hatnic

I think you will find that Bridgeport -- my sister and her family have lived there since 1989 and have never had any drug problems. There is no major meth problem in the Clarksburg / Bridgeport areas.....I see and hear more meth problems in one episode of Dog the Bounty Hunter, on tv, from Hawaii, than from Clarksburg / Bridgeport or Harrison County WV....in a year. Pittsburgh (home of the World Champion Steelers and now the Stanley Cup Champion Penguins) is 100 miles north (just under 2 hours) -- Baltimore / Washington about 240 miles (3 hrs, 45 mins or so) miles to the east. Both Ocean City and Virginia Beach are 400 miles away.

Living in Clarksburg all my life, there is less crime than most towns of similar sizes. Clarksburg - 21000 Bridgeport about 7000 are both in the county of Harrison -- total population of the county about 77,000.

don't let the stereotypes of WV and their people scare you away. Take care.