Yeah, living in a big city is totally different. I recommend living in smaller towns if you can manage it.

The key to using anything (pot, a gun, alcohol, a car, an ax, a knife, a match) is HOW you use it...responsibly or irresponsibly. I grew up in a family where alcohol was around, but it was never used irresponsibly. My uncle Bill had a family where guns were around but were never used irresponsibly. I see other people who can't use a car or anything else responsibly, because they don't give a damn about anyone.

Laws should be used to penalize irresponsible public activities, not to ban substances, in my opinion. Dealing drugs is an irresponsible public activity. Bobert's peacable smoking of a joint in his own home is not. It has not made him a bad person.