If you've been here for 50 years then I think the answers to your 3 questions would be obvious.

1 - They aren't targeting to be a cosmopolitan city.
2 - Because the police here don't see there role as subserviant. They want to develop a sense of prestige and dominance.
3 - If you really understood 'family atmosphere' you wouldn't have used the word 'family'. It has nothing to do with family or gender, but is related to socio-economic status.