I truly believe Wilmington gets a bad wrap and the perception is much worse than the reality.

You are not going to believe the dregs of society that will show up.

@Ryan McEniff - I wrote a blog on the topic that may be of help.https://www.biggerpockets.com/blogs/9232/55313-intro-to-section-8---your-perceptions-vs-my-realities

Do not get sucked in to this society and get everything they require. 

It's like a blackhole - once it's starts it's nearly impossible for these places to reverse the trends - a few places in KS have gotten better - Dodge City, Garden City, Hays - they hang on and are relatively "progressive" (I use that term loosely) compared to their other rural neighboring cities) and have found a way to survive and somewhat thrive in today's society.  

I do a lot of SEC 8 and wrote a blog on the perceptions vs realities because I got so tired of typing it over and over every time someone asked.  

Someting about helping the poorer segmant of society seems to be my calling.  

Just gonna cut and paste it as it arrived in my inbox minus the direct contact info as that is against BP rules:This message came in today from the Executive Director of the Flagler Humane Society...Just checking to see if you might know of any dog friendly housing available.

- Society handles it by throwing pedophiles in jail."

@TJ ParkSS# used to be considered somewhat confidential but that myth is completely blown in today’s society.