There ain't no free lunch.
On the other hand, few people would ever pick Katy as a vacation haven, either.
If you get as far away from all the people you can, you'll likely have less crime. Of course, out in the boondocks, there's still people cooking up meth and all, so it's not like there's a perfect solution.
The head-in-the-sand approach is not that far off, though. If you pay attention to the news, you'll think the world is just one big disaster, because that's what sells. We have "heat index" to make hot days sound hotter and "chill factor" to make cold weather sound colder and if 24 people die in a disaster that's "dozens"- just whatever can be done to sensationalize the news will be done. So you can either sit around and worry about things that you can't do anything about, or you can turn the news off and get on with life.
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