The risks are different in Israel.
Even between religious and secular Jews, depending on whether they and/or their children serve in the IDF.
It may be safer and more socially acceptable to hitchhike in Israel and totally normal to go to a stranger’s home for a Rocha tzorayeem, which is more risky in the US.
Yet then there is terrorism and missiles in Israel in the backdrop. If not physical then that alone can also psychologically damaging.
Yet ain kmo ha comradery b’Aretz. And obviously living in a holy medina can infuse one’s life with so much meaning that it affords higher tolerance to cope with the challenges.
There are so many angles here