The prisons around the country are full to capacity with pathetic excuses for humanity. They all came from somewhere.
When I moved to the boonies of Illinois I had an electrician mount motion detector lights around my new house. He kept looking at me like I was nuts and telling me I "didn't need them things around here." A few nights later a professor at the local college (not UIUC) was leaving his class and was assaulted by 8 low-life losers. He spent a few weeks in the hospital recovering.
I don't care where you are, there are bad folks around you. One teaspoon of oil will completely cover a one acre pond. Scum spreads out the same way. True, there may be more scum in the cities, but that's because there's more people in the cities.
My theory is called UDB. Uniform Distribution of Bozos. No matter where you go, there'll be bozos there waiting for you. Guaranteed.