Was going to make a facetious reply, but you sound like a decent person.
People where I live -THE EQ zone of NZ (I stopped counting at 10,100 EQs) are actually pretty sane.
If stressed.
I think there are pockets of crazies-I can think of a few- and pockets of non crazies.
I'm "lucky" enough to live in one, but it's not luck really, it's like attracts like.
There's probably a bunch of people hiding out and keeping a low profile somewhere near you.
And if you think the US is not like NZ: think again-everywhere is exactly like anywhere else now.