from where I am, almost the center of the country, Nebraska, the worst places are the coasts and and the big dem controled cities, Omaha and Lincoln are the biggest cities around here. Omaha just re elected the mayor, and she carries a pistol, but they are having shotings almost nightly, all in the north east side of the city, you can guess the race,
but out here where I am, yes, stuff is more expensive, but churches and groups have food boxes every saturday, they will even deliver a box if needed, there are several farm trucks on the hiway every weekend selling sweetcorn and lots of other stuff,
neighborhood watches in the small town near me, ( think nosey old people and karens who watch everything) worst they do is whine about people not coming to a complete stop at a stop sign,. and heaven forbid a car go thru town with different liscense plates,
as long as you stay out of the bad parts of Omaha, your pretty good,
were pretty lucky to be out here.