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Our homes should make us feel safe. A decent home is a refuge from the outside world, a relatively fixed point where people can drop their vigilance. Most of us need the security of home to stay balanced in the face of an unstable, sometimes frightening world.
But Americans are increasingly less safe in their own homes. This isn't because of a sudden surge in crime (which is actually declining in most places) but because of climate and geography.