Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-14138255-20141031002615/@comment-24891101-20141205211041

You guys are forgetting the scale here. Vale, which is both kingdom and city, is larger than most countries on Earth. Scale that to Patch, and the island is not some dinky little one, but at least the size of, say, Cyprus. Given that, it's very possible for there to be Grimm wandering the island. Near the population center, where Summer's grave is, there were only very weak Grimm, Beowolves without scutes, which we can reasonably expect a highschooler to deal with. So long as you're not a dumbass, like Yang was, an adult with minimal combat training should be fine.

And people without training can probably hire an escort. That close to the perimeter, with that weak of Grimm, there are probably Grimm safaris and supervised hunting expeditions, so civilians can feel powerful. There's also the possibility that one or both incidents occurred within the perimeter, inside a park or agricultural area. Consider that for hundreds of miles in any direction, in Vale, one can only find city, it is very likely that there are national parks embedded in the city, so people can experience greenery in relative safety.

And Zephyr: We do actually have a pretty good idea how big Renmant and Vale are. I did a conservative analysis two months ago, comparing the world maps to Earth. A more detailed analysis will be forthcoming.