Suit yourself. If you want to keep on believing that the crime rate of a huge metropolitan area is uniform, then be my guest.
Funny, but in rural settings, the crime rate is usually uniform--virtually nil.
Hey, Jeff, I didn't say I believed that crime rate of a huge metropolitan area is uniform. Nothing in this world really is "uniform". For every city, I'm sure there is what we could call a "safe zone". It's only when you go outside of the "zone" that you are back in the thick of things. And like I've said, I am truly happy for city dwellers who are happy living there.
I'm just different than some. We had a tourist come through one year and they asked me if we had a "McDonalds". I said, "no, we don't". They asked if we had a "Subway", I replied, "no, we don't". They were now exasperated and said, "well tell us, where is the nearest fast food restaurant". I said, "we don't have one". They replied, "how can you live here???!!" I replied, "if we had one of those fast food places, I WOULDN'T live here". LOL You wouldn't believe the people who just can't get beyond their daily life without something being real easy. They want automated car washes, malls, Walmarts, taxi cabs, a choice of movie theatres. We've heard it all, and we just tell them, "hey, have you read a good book lately?". Usually they stomp away in disgust. Materialism. It's all about materialism and "needful things".