It is really sad when things are so bad you have to leave, but it seems that crime is really getting worse around here also. Nothing like the big cities, but I can remember when anyone breaking into a store was front page news. Now with all the dope and homicides we have around here, you have to look on page 3 or 4 unless it is someone important. I talked to a DEA agent the other day and also a man that works with the Child welfare Agency, and he said they are busting an average of two meth labs per week in this area. Also the marijuana growers must supply the world with all they grow around here. In fact they have started shooting at the law enforcement people when they fly in to raid their big pot farms. I love hiking in the canyons but it is dangerous now as not only do you have to keep watching to be sure no one is getting ready to take a shot at you, but they are stringing fish hooks on almost invisible line between the bushes at eye level.
Ron