LOL, racoons are everywhere. My folks have a couple that always pop up in her backyard, and that's in a city with over a million people! Well, San Jose more like a giant suburb than a city. I live about a mile closer to the mountains than my folks do and we get all kinds of critters in our yard too. This past summer I caught a one you'd appreciate Skink: a big fat alligator lizard, at least 12" long.