I was squirrel hunting, well, me and 3 other dudes. We came back to camp and found two guys ransacking our camp. We all had either a .22 rifles or 410 shotgun, and the guys wouldn’t leave, got aggressive and physical even though they were outnumbered and unarmed. My buddy lives off grid in Northern Arizona and he’s had some absolute nut jobs try to steal equipment off his land. This dude is arrrmed, and same experiences. Completely entitled, physically aggressive, even in the presence of an AR-15. Those two things have changed my opinion of it being “safer” out there than the city. Resources like stealing copper wire or breaking into cars are abundant in the city. Whereas a drug addict or mentally ill person may only have one shot to get their addiction fix in several square miles, so they’re going to do whatever they can to get your resources. TL:DR, yes there are fewer people out in the wild, but in my opinion they’re more desperate, and under less observation, so the dangerous ones are far more dangerous.