My county police department has a website that has links to crimes/criminals in the area but I don't know how much good such knowledge can do; it would worry me more I think. Ignorance is sometimes bliss :-)

Ah, that awkward age of 60, I remember it, not being allowed to join the senior center yet, etc. (not that I would join my senior center; I'm on the edge of a "bad" neighborhood so it is not a very good one compatible with what I'd be interested in). Maybe making a 2- or 5-year plan would help?

That is hard, not having quite enough for the little important things like car and dental care. Those things add up and I'm sure are not making you feel better. Sometimes when I feel like there are a lot of things like that getting me down, listing them and getting them out of my head and onto paper helps me. I had to do that today; I have a big event coming up in a couple weeks and I was stressing over the details so I made a list of the days between now and then and filled in what I would do each day to get ready. I already feel more relieved and like I can handle it.