[Muncle]

A couple points ---

I'm going to type this real slowly so maybe it will sink in --- The Villages is NOT a gated community in the controlled access sense. Most of the place is in Sumter County. The roads on which you drive and live (except in villas) are county roads. As such, they cannot be blocked off. Everyone has access. Not sure on this, but I believe at least part of the Marion Co portion is controlled. Have no idea about Lake County or Lady Lake.

Point 2: When the punks who killed Diana Miller were arrested, one was asked why they assumed there would be a lot of money in the Miller house. He responded that everybody knew that all the people in TV were rich (and implied that they'd have stacks of money and valuables lying around). As long as we have a society where kids are brought up this way, to believe in the inherent existence of haves and have nots and that it's perfectly logical for the latter to take from the former what they want, we're going to have problems. And though I hope not, I expect more problems as we move closer to Wildwood with Brownwood.

But all that aside, TV is an incredibly safe place compared to other places I've lived. Before moving here, I spent 10+ years in Northern VA. I loved the area except for one detail. Every day --- not once or twice a week --- every damned day there was at least one killing reported in the news. Normally it was in the District or Prince Georges Co, MD, but too often it was on the VA side or Montgomery Co. I'd also spent about 8 years in St. Louis. While not as bad at the time ('76-'84), it is now definitely catching up in the violent crime arena. This was one of the things that drove me to TV. It wasn't fear of being a victim. I was just getting really tired of the bad news. And for those who read the Orlando Slantinel or catch local news, you see that even that city is getting morbid.

As Chuckster and others have said, in so many word, life's a bi :edit: ch. Neverland doesn't exist, and even the Garden of Eden had a snake in it. Live your life to its fullest, but do it sensibly.