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When I was in school, my mother chose to move us out of Port Arthur because of the rising crime. We moved to a smaller town, and bought a house on a street with three other houses on it, and we never had any trouble.

Since then, I have preferred living in the country or smaller communities. The police are further away, and you do have to provide your own security, but it's so much easier to do in the country.

For example:
1. A person walking through a yard in the city/suburb would be commonplace. In the country, it's cause for question.

2. You don't get many knocks at the door in the country, especially when your neighbors have large red-neck-dogs that run everyone off.

3. Families living in the country are not convenient for door-to-door religious groups and salespeople.

4. With a lower population, you tend to know your neighbors. Neighborhood watch, although it isn't referred to as such, is rather vigilant. Most of my Crosby neighbors were elderly, and they didn't hesitate to let me know about that green Honda that drover 'round back while I was at work. (It was my mother; she's usually harmless.)

5. People in the country have no problem firing guns in their back yards. That's not a comforting sound if you're up to devilment. Also, your neighbors don't tend to get nervous if they walk over and notice that you have a gun on your hip.


We're in an apartment now, and I can't wait to move back to the country.