To be fair, we have lifestyle problems. We have some theft, but it's mostly related to meth-heads. Not enough that I lock stuff up, but some. If the sheriff would look the other way long enough, the community could take care of that problem. Alligators have to eat, too.
And, because of lack of zoning, you can have a $400,000 home (and down here, that's a whopper) with their next door neighbors living in a ratty trailer.
Poverty does exist, but there is city poor and country poor. Even if you don't have money, your neighbor or family will always plow a garden for you, somebody will give you a pig to raise and fresh fish are a cane pole and some dug up night crawlers away.