Sometimes I yearn for the quiet of the forestry parts of Middlesex County, Massachusetts (Ashland, Framingham, Mendon, etc...). True on some occasions.
You've run away from a virulent and vicious rabid raccoon.
<<sigh>> True... I try to stay brave but I still get startled when I walk into the kitchen and one is scurrying across the counter. I jumped at the sight of a dead mouse, conveniently found dead in the garbage already as I emptied out the garbage can.
Koala bears are as common where you live as pigeons are in New York City.
