That's odd...when I lived in California, I was burglarized twice and carjacked in my own driveway, all during a 12 month period. I haven't had any problems where I live now. Of course, I can afford to live in a nicer neighborhood now, and maybe that's why the people "here" are less criminally-minded than the people "there." But wait, nah, according to your parable, people are the same wherever you go. I guess I can't have a better life here. I and countless others must be deluded.