Originally Posted by TheDoc

I can still go back home, know most of the cops/sheriffs names, where they will drive you home after drinking too much at a bar, even drunks are given a place to sleep it off without being booked.. and even if you do something wrong, they are fair about it all the way through the process, and it ends in a handshake and smiles.

I know it's hard to picture, but this type of life is all over America. Next time you visit, try leaving the city, get out and see the actual Country - it's a big ass place and the people are nice as can be.