I've lived on the East cost and had culture shock when I moved there a few years ago as it is completely different there. 

We should be aware that the crime is relative to the culture of the community.

These are your body's natural defenses and enough peaceful sleep is very important because it is one of the components of this natural defense system.Many cultures actually prepare for sleep time, like calming the mind via meditation, some folks pray to get into the zone ,some folks read or go for a relaxing walk before sleep time,drinking relaxing tea,stretching exercises etc.These days folks tend to go to sleep right after Netflix, or video games or maybe stressing over a problem etc...what happens if you go to sleep that way is that the mind which is like a muscle could still be mulling over the issue, and that might carry over to sleep. 

We arnt married we are postponing our wedding untill we have enough to buy the duplex. been together for 4 years so we are pretty sure. she doesn't live with me due to cultural differences she has to stay living with family untill she is married. so it's only me being subjected to this mess.

It’s funny how the mind works when it comes to fear and what our cultural beliefs are .

I dislike a lot of cultural norms of this country, the one I hold in deepest contempt is complacency, followed closely by ignorance and the general cheapness and selfishness that consumerism has bred into us.  

The cultural experiences are so rich when we travel on a budget.

We starting talking and the topic of cultural differences came up.

Here I can feel comfortable surrounded by like minded folk, who are moving at their own pace and want to be successful and make money.It is also very enlightening and comforting to me anyway, to see so many different cultures and ethnicities represented here on this platform, and we are all here with pretty common goals, learn, network, interact and if we are lucky we also get to help someone out.Stuff can get crazy out there, I hate reading the news and listening to bi-partisan discussions about today's issues or non issues made into issues.Here it is peaceful, we all want to better our lives, interact and have successful investments! 

Perhaps it has something to do with our nation's culture of overindulging in everything they can get their hands on???