I didn't say they were universally more common across the country. I am talking about my experience with living in New York. I am talking about seeing people constantly masturbating in the subway, having not seen that 10 years ago when I moved to New York. I am sure I would have noticed that.

If you take the stats you cite as truth, I don't know how you square these stats with the contents of the original post itself.

As you know, stats represent a sample. Beyond the sample, there is reality.