Actually I was a city - local area - dock man for a number of trucking companies, a few times I even made road trips, although short ones by most standards. The different companies and the way their terminals were located used different definitions of their local areas. Ya, Youngstown and any other place within 100 miles of Cleveland were destinations, it made for long work days.
Once you get outside of the tourist destinations any city has it's " problem areas "? I didn't get paid to be a tourist, so I saw it all! LOL When you work with 50 - 100 + guys can you really know what some are up to? It's best to limit your involvement?