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Old 05-30-2020, 08:14 PM
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Originally Posted by champion6 View Post
The Villages MSA includes all of Sumter County, including areas not in The Villages, but not parts of The Villages in Lake or Marion counties, which are part of other MSAs."
So ... "The Villages" is actually "Sumter County."

At any rate, I feel very safe here. Drunk driving Villagers are probably the biggest threat to others. The majority of assaults are angry spouses throwing household items at each other. Drug or shoplifting arrests (primarily non-Villagers, tbh) pose no immediate danger to me. Unless registered sex offenders have a history of attacking 65+ year old women, I'm not fussed about their proximity, either.

The local online news scrapes police blotters for all arrests to plump up their article count, but it's super easy not to click those links.