We are from Pompey and got the same reaction. Cold I could use right about now. Crime? What about the mansion on the lake with the blue roof? Not upstanding citizen's I would think.
You are making the right move at the right time of your life.
If it weren't for The Villages and ALL THE FREE stuff to do here I would be back in Central New York in a blink of an eye.
You only have to have one just one friend from there come and visit and that will quiet the monkey's down up there.
JOIN THE CENTRAL NEW YORK CLUB.:
First Monday of each month. A good number of people from your area.