Every story listed here has been personally witnessed and verified. These aren’t rumors, reposts, or “my cousin said” situations. Submissions are reviewed, details are checked, and residency is confirmed before anything is published. If it’s on this page, it happened — and it happened in Gastonia.

You Might be From Gastonia

If you have ever worn a probation ankle bracelet.
If you ever got a black eye at church.
If you moved from ham radio to CB radio.
If you got into a fight in the courtroom.
If you ever showed up for court drunk.
If you ever got shot at a family reunion.
If you came home from work and your house was gone.
If you ever got cut by your cousin at a family reunion.
If you got into a fight at the funeral home.
If you discussed picking a fight at a funeral home in South Gastonia.
If the man working at the dump has ever eaten supper at your house.
If you got caught with a crack rock in your pocket at the probation office.
If you got a DWI because you passed out in drive-thru at McDonalds.
If a dead body was found in your back yard.
If you witnessed a drive by shooting.
If you were talking to your friend on the phone while he witnessed a drive by shooting.
If you beat someone’s ass at the magistrate office.
If you continued to beat their ass while being processed.
If you ever knocked out your brother in the emergency room.
If you kicked a cop’s ass at a high school football game.
If you originated a party at rehab.
If you wrote a bad check for Christmas presents.
If you told the preacher to step outside with the intentions of kicking his ass.
If you ever got into shotgun battle with your neighbor, more than once.
If you ever collected your money at the end of a shotgun.
If you ever knocked out 5 people while lying on the ground with a broken leg.
If you ever broke your brothers nose at a football game.
If you ever burned down your brother-in-law's house because your wife sold your truck to him.
If you ever cut through the parking lot of a funeral home while being chased by the police.
If you can tell the difference between a car backfire and a gun shot.
If you enjoy Xanax and being loud for no reason.
If you’ve ever used cases of beer as a makeshift chair and then got drunk and passed out in the beer cave of a convenience store
If you ever pulled your gun at a funeral home.
If you ever hired a professional fireworks person for 4th of July and they burned your house down.
If you got a tattoo in the dining room of Wendy's.
If you gave someone a tattoo in the dining room of Wendy's.
If you know the person that got the Tattoo at Wendy's
If you ever used a patio umbrella for a regular umbrella.
If you and your wife go to jail the same day.
If you were involved in an employee brawl at WhatABurger.
If you did a burnout with your motorcycle at the funeral home after a funeral.
If you ever smoked a joint in the parking lot of the funeral home.
If you drove your State Farm Insurance car to the liquor store
If you left your false teeth at the Funeral home.
If you called in a bomb threat to the courthouse the day your brother was being sentenced to prsion.