<p>The New York Times has been covering the heroin epidemic in… of all places, Bennington Vermont. A more peaceful and bucolic town could not be found in the Northeast. If your goal is to shelter your D from the reality of emergency medicine ANYWHERE in the world, you will find her professional options extremely limiting. Not just now- but forever. There will be drug overdoses in Bridgeport, Manhattan,Greenwich, and yes, even in gorgeous and peaceful Vermont.</p>
<p>I think you are asking all the wrong questions. Physicians don’t ordinarily choose their training based on the affluence of the surrounding neighborhood. And just for the record- there are very few places in New York City where your D would not be able to find safe transportation even on off hours. I have seen small groups (three or four young women) in scrubs returning home from a shift on virtually every subway line even late at night.</p>
<p>What someone in a white, gated community in a suburb might consider to be “an unsafe neighborhood” and what is actually unsafe in NYC is not going to align with actual crime statistics.</p>