> Do you think the attitude towards risk is because they truly don't care about having their belongings stolen, or because they know there is less risk of that

> Do you think the attitude towards risk is because they truly don't care about having their belongings stolen, or because they know there is less risk of that happening? Neither, they just take fewer mitigations in response to the same level of risk because of cultural habits. America in general (both rural and urban) has a very high crime rate by developed world standards. I grew up in <redacted> which has a lower crime rate than 99% of America, including the parts where people brag about how it's so safe that no one locks their doors, and everyone locks the doors to their houses and cars anyway, because that's just the cultural norm.