I was asking a question. You can tell by the "?" at the end of each sentence.
You said "After the civil war that was reality". I was asking what you meant.
More self policing, created strong families. That what America is. Take care of your self .. if you can’t move
And created larger families, which could find themselves starving all too easily.
Self sufficiency is great. But a great society will always take care of those who cannot fend for themselves.
One huge factor in the increase in crime in the cities was the increasingly common use of air conditioning. People closed their windows, stop sitting on porches and front steps. It allowed more anonymity for people. Now with the use of technology, we have increased that even more.
One thing history teaches, you cannot go back to what you perceive as a better time. In the 1920s roughly 30% of the population was functionally illiterate.