I’d feel very ill at ease being a visibly well-off individual residing within miles or even blocks of such overt poverty, ignorance and dysfunction, myself.
Well,when I say right down the street I mean maybe a 20 minute drive (in light traffic).However,all the towns I mentioned are considered suburbs of NYC (the "Tri-State" area) and,as a result,*every* house you see in Greenwich has some sort of "Protected By ADT" sign in front.