[pavel_lishin]

I'm sorry about your family history, but I have American friends who've grown up here for generations with identical family histories - alcoholism, domestic violence, depressive deformities and all.

[watwut]

America had overall lower rates of alcoholism and lower rates of domestic violence then former eastern block.

[LtWorf]

Probably due to all the people with spanish culture living in the more southern areas lowering the average.