Violence in America

[Xanax 349]

I live in Iowa. I leave my truck unlocked while I'm at work, supermarket, home, whatever. We leave groceries in the back of the truck while wandering to other shops. Left pop once and was convinced it wouldn't be there when I got back (wouldn't in Aus) but yep, still there. People leave their BBQ's/Grill's in the front yards, their garage's open, their toys, bikes... whatever. Very safe place to live here. Doesn't mean I'm not still slightly wary... but I like it.

We lived in Houston for a while and that was scary :S Glad I'm not there anymore.

Suburbs of Minnesota- never hear of anything. The majority of crime here is "property offences" (from google), things like burglaries.

Once I watched an episode of "The first 48" and someone was murdered in inner city Minneapolis.

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In Aus, where I live, we never lock our doors or cars and I have never heard for crime in my area, but it would be considered a "family" area and most properties are on 1 acre of land so it would be a lot of work for a burglar to go house to house

[jojolicious 38]

I definitely feel safer in the US. I'm still getting used to how fast the response time is for the police force.

[Darnell 8,479]

I've considered moving to Vermont but it seems like it's so COLD. Maybe it's a good trade off? I'm from N. O. and live in Dallas. Both have super high crime rates.Decisoons decisions...

Texas is a great concealed weapon permit state. No state income tax, cost of a house inline with wages.