You must be delusional...or American.
well, that would be one of the most important criteria for 'well-being' for me. I would happily forgo the twice as high income form a US uni for not having the risk of random violence.Unless you're in a criminal gang, the risk of random violence is comparable to western europe. You don't want to walk into the wrong neigborhood in Paris or London just as much as you don't want to walk into the wrong neigborhood in Chicago or LA.