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> Crime is much less of a concern where there are far fewer people. Crime in rural areas today is rampant due to the opioid crisis. I don't know of a small tow
by codemac 6y ago
> Crime is much less of a concern where there are far fewer people.
Crime in rural areas today is rampant due to the opioid crisis. I don't know of a small town that hasn't been absolutely torn apart. Ironically while small town crime is way up due to opioids & heroin, it's down in large cities, about as low as rural towns in the 70s.
> If she skins her knee or gets lost, she gets to deal with it herself rather than having an adult on tap.
Tell me which kids don't have cellphones these days? All my friend's kids in rural (very rural) areas have them for "safety", and 2g-3g reaches pretty much every hollow.
Your description does not match the experiences I've had in the last 10 years, and as someone who grew up in a very rural area (~1k people/sq mi) and now lives in a very urban area (~18k people/sq mi).
- hirundo 6y agoWhere I live in New Mexico it's closer to 10 people/sq mi. There is poor cell phone reception on some high points and none elsewhere. So I hike with a PLB. This area does have a serious drug problem but there are so few people that the threat is low. Where I typically hike I've seen maybe a half dozen people, at a distance, in a dozen years.
- epa 6y ago~1k people/sq mi is not "very rural"
- codemac 6y agoJust went with wikipedia's number for my hometown. The city pop is 3k, but the county is only 16k, for an area of 450 square miles. I did not grow up in city limits, and the area was less than half the population back then. Just was trying to give some very conservative numbers. More than happy to meet more yokels like me :)
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