Even here in NJ there are rarely confrontations; in the suburbs the crimes are often done while the taxpaying resident is out earning enough to feed the perps’ broods...
Good lord...how depressing.
On the flip side, I used to go to Asbury Park often back in the 80s and *always* got trapped in Newark on the way home.
[country bumpkin syndrome]...:)
Nobody would ever answer my pleas for directions and help getting *out*....except for one dear, elderly black man.
I even offered him money for his time....he wouldn’t hear of it.
He just said “You drive careful ma’am [I was only 19 and he had to be in his late 60s] and have a safe trip home”, God love him.