Listened to a segment on NPR the other day about violence and safety in the US from a regional perspective. Can you guess the safest regions? The most violent regions?

Safest is the NYC Metro area and New England
Followed by the Great Lakes Region

Most violent and dangerous regions?
The Deep South
Appalachia Region

The GOP gaslighting that NYC is dangerous is utter nonsense.
@StrugglingGuitarist This revelation does not surprise nor alleviate any of my reservations.
I'll give a few guesses as to where I ended up...
To help with the guesses, a clue or two:
"Y'all ain't from around here, are ya?"
and...(my personal favorite):
"You're in a heapa trouble, now boy!"