If you take them at face value and not as a gamified abstraction, sure. "Pallet Town" having three buildings is unlivable but it isn't shown that way in non-game media.

The organized crime is rough but that usually gets sorted out by a child at some point so just keep your head down.

These terrorist organizations are at least nice enough to let you attempt to capture a relatively weak pikachu for over a decade. My boss gets mad if I go over my 15 minute coffee break.

Ever present terrorism

No one said you couldn't join them

That doesn't sound that bad

The anime version seemed pretty nice. I actually got pretty depressed for a few days when I was a kid and realized I would never live in that world.