Escape Tyranny and Taxes - Leave the USA and Find a Family and Happiness

In every nation, in every community, there are places where you should not go and times you should not go there.  You are generally safe on most Ukrainian streets until midnight even if you are alone and not physically capable of defending yourself.  But it is not a good idea to be in certain combat areas in the far eastern portion of Ukraine.  In many parts of Kyiv and other cities there are shabby apartment buildings and an American will instinctively feel unsafe there, but poor people in Ukraine are not entitled predators seeking "reparations" as they are in the USA.  No one is going to mug you.

Another important thing to consider in Ukraine is that elderly people are respected and if you dress appropriately and have are of European ancestry, people are going to think that you are Ukrainian.  Retired Americans in urban Ukraine are far safer than they would be except perhaps in small town America.

If you want the most safety possible, or if you really want to disappear off the face of the earth so that no one in the USA can find you, then can go to a Ukrainian village, buy a 4 season cabin and a few acres of land and live there for the rest of your life.  Done properly, no one, not the FBI, not the CIA, not the IRS, not even the Ukrainian government can find you.  It won't be fancy but it beats living in an Alaskan cabin in the middle of nowhere.