Juliann Hyatt Assignment 3; Bermuda is small

In 2017, my family went to Bermuda for a week. The entire country was an island only about a mile wide, 22 miles long, roughly 750 miles east off the coast of North Carolina. A tour guide explained that there were no international franchises in the country, as having things shipped 1,000 miles into the middle of the ocean would not be cost efficient. Along similar lines, gas was regularly over $8 a gallon. The country was still under the British crown, but only really answered to a governor appointed by Queen Elizabeth. Standing on one side of the island, even I could see across the entire country with my mole-esque vision. The country had one jail that held 208 people and had never been full. Residents didn’t lock their car or house doors due to such low crime rates. Even my grandparents felt safe in the country. When we came back home to a country full of theft, mass shootings, and murders, it leaves one to wonder about how a country with only 87 people per square mile on average could be so much more dangerous than an isolated island with 3,200 people per square mile.