Wednesday, December 12, 2018
Safe Area
New Hampshire is consistently rated the safest state in the country. Maine and Vermont are close behind. It's not something you notice -until it's gone.
Once you get beyond food, shelter and clothing, security is one of those basic needs. If you don't feel safe and secure, your whole life suffers. It makes it hard to do anything or to plan for the future.
Some people look at northern New England and figure we are safe because it's fairly rural with a low population density. That helps, but it takes more than that. Alaska has a disturbingly high crime rate.
Good jobs and good schools make a huge difference. If people are able to make a decent living, property crime tends to go down. I think another factor is that people have a sense of community. There tend to be more of a neighbor helping neighbor feel to things. Maybe it's because we have all help each other to survive the cold winters.
Sure, living in a safer area is nice, but when times gets rough, it's going to really matter. I'm not so naive to think that some sort of collapse won't cause problems. When people are stressed the ugly can come out. However, if you are living in an area that's already bad, imagine how much worse it could be. If you aren't safe now, how rough will it get in a SHTF situation?
-Sixbears
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Thought that rural Connecticut was the best rating safety in the nation. Chance of blizzard is low. Chance of forest fire is low. Chance of earth quake or hurricane is low. Chance of civil unrest is low. Chance of being poor or lack of social welfare/ lack of social services is low.
ReplyDeleteIt's another good area. CT is rated pretty good overall, but I'm not a fan of Hartford -at least some of the neighborhoods I've seen.
Delete"When people are stressed the ugly can come out. However, if you are living in an area that's already bad, imagine how much worse it could be. If you aren't safe now, how rough will it get in a SHTF situation?:
ReplyDeleteTruer words never spoken. Especially in areas where large population are. More opportunities for troublemakers to link up and cause more mayhem.
Thank you. I'm not a fan of big cities at the best of time, but I'm just a country bear.
DeleteWhat you’re not saying, is that wherever the population of minorities is low the area is much safer.
ReplyDeleteYep, I'm not saying that.
DeleteMost people, minorities included who live in rural parts are hard workers. If you aren't, you quickly gain that reputation and so much for future opportunities.
DeleteIt's more about a person't character than anything else in these parts.
DeleteThe reason crime is lower in the country is because there are a lot fewer people and here in Texas, most could be armed.
ReplyDeleteEveryone around here is armed too. Keeps everyone polite.
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