I've never spent any time in London, Ont., but I grew up not too far away - and never heard a story about any sort of violence or low-life activity there - or about anything else, for that matter ... my impression is that it's a staid, quiet, low-key, boring place - just what you're looking for if you're over 35 ...

"drug free, alcohol abuse free utopia"? I'm sure it's not quite that ...

For the most part in this country, you can live well apart from violence and substance abuse if you can avoid living in rough neighbourhoods, and if you don't hang out in biker bars.