Although I have only lived in England and visited Scotland and Wales on holidays, I think it is fairly safe to say that you need to move around and sample different areas before deciding about a country.

Districts only a few miles apart can be very different - very different crime rates, attitudes of people to newcomers/foreigners, safety at night, availability of fast food after midnight, drink sales in supermarkets can be curtailed in city centres (many supermarkets only close from late Saturday to 10am Sunday then 4pm Sunday to Monday mornings. They were selling alcohol all the time, but changed when requested by police.)

It's a bit like the weather, if you don't like what you are having, just wait a few hours and you'll get a change. If you don't like where you are living move ten miles and it will be completely different - though of course in both cases, it might be worse than what you were complaining about.