No kidding. I don’t know of a single murder in the entire time my family has lived here (43 years). And I’ve never heard of one, which in a small town, would be fodder for decades “Oh that is where Josh Smith was killed by his brother in a jealous rage, back in 1951 *cluck cluck*. Poor boy, he was such a nice boy and his brother such a hothead”.
So it has to be 60-80 years, maybe more. Meanwhile, when I lived in the city, you guessed it. Within a year, there was a CSI team looking into blood trails across the street from a shooting.
I’ve been here since about 95 and we don’t even have a police department anymore. There are only 150 people here in town and a total of about 1900 spread over the 30 odd square miles that make up the township.
I’ve built relationships with neighbors and don’t even know where my house key is.