I lived in the Rio Grande Valley of Texas for 4 winters and Casa Grande, Arizona and the violence, gangs and welfare abuse in these area are way worse than the news media will tell us. Try reading several of the city newspapers on-line for the truth. Try Brownsville, McAllen, Laredo and El Paso Texas. Do the same for any border town. Also, the last time I was there, there are 4 ft X 8 ft signs around Organ Pipe National Park advising the locals to stay out because of a high concentration of "Illegal Immigrants". I also canoed the Rio Grande River before Obama became President and it is littered beyond imagination from the illegal crossings. The canoe trips have also been stopped. That's why I now live here, I first wanted to live near Brownsville, Texas.