Is PA "naturally safe" (except for cities and urban areas)?

[moshywilly]

Originally Posted by ElijahAstin

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[toobusytoday]

Originally Posted by moshywilly

I am a NJ native and I moved to the Bay Area 1.5 years ago. NJ suburbs are super safe to live in and they are "naturally safe" where it is safe of its nature and you rarely need cops to keep the place safe. The only suburbs where you really need cops are the towns that have lots of highways running through them. In NJ burbs, you only needed a cop for car accidents and all you need is a few cops in most towns, except we had an excess of cops.

Most of NJ is not "prone" to crime (except for urban areas obviously) and even something like covid, economic distress / poverty, political issues, does not make people go crazy and commit crimes and even defunding of the police does not increase any issues here. I totally understand that nowhere is safe, but I need to live somewhere that is just as safe as NJ.

I now live in the Bay Area with family and I am miserable here. Everything in the Bay Area is urban and is not "naturally safe" and the Bay Area is prone to homeless people, panhandling, smash and grab crimes, stolen vehicle crimes, catalytic converter thefts, etc. I honestly cannot see how I could pay a high cost of living to live through all of that with the addition of third world looking roads, very long droughts, and wildfires.

My dream is to live in a semi-rural area in Southeastern PA, but I would want to know how safe semi-rural and suburban SE PA in its own "nature" and if you really "need" cops to keep the place safe. I am tired of living in the Bay Area where you need to advocate for more police and mental health care just to keep the area safe.

Moshwilly, please don't hi-jack your own thread. You guys can private message each other if you want to have a chat.

[CountryGirlUSA]

Originally Posted by moshywilly

I am a NJ native and I moved to the Bay Area 1.5 years ago. NJ suburbs are super safe to live in and they are "naturally safe" where it is safe of its nature and you rarely need cops to keep the place safe. The only suburbs where you really need cops are the towns that have lots of highways running through them. In NJ burbs, you only needed a cop for car accidents and all you need is a few cops in most towns, except we had an excess of cops.

Most of NJ is not "prone" to crime (except for urban areas obviously) and even something like covid, economic distress / poverty, political issues, does not make people go crazy and commit crimes and even defunding of the police does not increase any issues here. I totally understand that nowhere is safe, but I need to live somewhere that is just as safe as NJ.

I now live in the Bay Area with family and I am miserable here. Everything in the Bay Area is urban and is not "naturally safe" and the Bay Area is prone to homeless people, panhandling, smash and grab crimes, stolen vehicle crimes, catalytic converter thefts, etc. I honestly cannot see how I could pay a high cost of living to live through all of that with the addition of third world looking roads, very long droughts, and wildfires.

My dream is to live in a semi-rural area in Southeastern PA, but I would want to know how safe semi-rural and suburban SE PA in its own "nature" and if you really "need" cops to keep the place safe. I am tired of living in the Bay Area where you need to advocate for more police and mental health care just to keep the area safe.

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