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If you look at one of the online maps of crime reports, you will see that most crime is concentrated near large population centers, and less so in surrounding communities. The further away from those large metro areas the less crime there is.
E.G., my community, which is unincorporated and sparsely populated, is not that isolated because there is a small distance to both Portland and Hillsboro, the latter having gang crime problems. Crime does migrate out to my community from Hillsboro (less so from PDX, except maybe by way of Hillsboro).
Mollala OTOH, is more isolated but more densely populated. Some people in NW Orygun who haven't actually been there, don't even really know where it is without looking on a map.
So yes, proximity does matter. Other factors are whether a community is on a route between larger communities, and whether there are relationships between people living in the community and the larger population area.
Beyond that, I don't have a problem with people doing a neighborhood patrol/etc., I just think that the open carry was counter productive.
E.G., my community, which is unincorporated and sparsely populated, is not that isolated because there is a small distance to both Portland and Hillsboro, the latter having gang crime problems. Crime does migrate out to my community from Hillsboro (less so from PDX, except maybe by way of Hillsboro).
Mollala OTOH, is more isolated but more densely populated. Some people in NW Orygun who haven't actually been there, don't even really know where it is without looking on a map.
So yes, proximity does matter. Other factors are whether a community is on a route between larger communities, and whether there are relationships between people living in the community and the larger population area.
Beyond that, I don't have a problem with people doing a neighborhood patrol/etc., I just think that the open carry was counter productive.