"...Most of my adventures are now in remote locations and the only other people you meet are other avid outdoor enthusiests..."
That has always been my experience too. The farther you are from a parking lot the better the quality of people. Bad guys are lazy...
For the most part this is true. Backpacking into the woods I've never had a problem. Unfortunately I've had to leave two different (dirt-road accessible) campsites that were quite remote. It seems a fancy jacked up 4X4 will take an idiot just about anywhere these days.
