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Old 03-27-2012, 02:24 PM
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Originally Posted by BmoreGal View Post
I have seen many negative references about Wildwood in many threads. Not being familiar with the area, I can only assume the area outside of TV is less than desirable... Is this so?
My opinion about the reason you read negative references is because for many people, their only knowledge of Wildwood is from reading the police blotter in The Daily Sun. If all you see are arrest reports for people with a Wildwood address, you might get the wrong impression.

I'm not here to "defend" Wildwood. I consider Wildwood to be a typical old, small, rural community. There are thousands like it from coast to coast. In fact, there are many communities surrounding TV that are just like Wildwood.

When we moved here, I was surprised to learn that the areas surrounding TV are so rural. There are many cattle ranches and horse training/boarding farms throughout the area. There are also individual homes sitting on lots of varying sizes. So there ends up - in some areas - a rundown home on an acre of land sitting next to a palatial home on a 40 acre ranch. Is this different than TV? Of course it is. Is it less that desirable? In my opinion, I don't think so.