well yes, watching news can raise your blood pressure. And indeed Nationally crime has gone down. still there are hot spots for specific crime. You moved from an area that was fast becoming a contender for the champion 187 city in the US, more Americans are shot in Chicago than Afghanistan every month. But even that is a spin because they only count Americans shot. So where you are would seem like an improvement. But the news only gets interest from reporting bad news so bad news is what you get.
And while some crime is going down nation wise the news will report on political agendas. They will say how violent the US is because of gun ownership but when you go to a report on world murder rates the US in may cases isn't in the top 100.
The other thing is what your dream is. For some it is living in a highly dense area of population with people living right next to each other and the sky blocked off by tall buildings is a dream come true. To them all of nature if found in a window flower box and a advertising display. To others a dream come true is a smaller community made up of homes with yards and neighborhood schools. Places where kids play sports on groomed soccer, football and baseball fields and you can see trees. Then there are those that like a more rural setting or a mountain setting. We all have different dreams and will resist living the dream of others if they are foisted on us.
In short you can make a dream come true in many places, and if where you live isn't what you want, move. When you are retired that too can be a dream. I have moved from places simply because it rained too much.
