It means different countries have different cultures that value life and violence in different ways. And that your immediate neighbors will have more of an inf

It means different countries have different cultures that value life and violence in different ways. And that your immediate neighbors will have more of an influence on that than a country on the other side of the world, especially if there's a substantial amount of immigration. In the case of the US, I'd say it's more-so, because so much of the violence south of our border is directly related to moving things and people over it.