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Originally Posted by rubicon
See Geraldo Rivera was right about the concerns from people who wear hoodies. If I saw a strange guy wearing a hoodie in on my streets, I'd follow him to see what he was up to and be ready to stand my ground. Oh that's been done already. Kidding aside, I too was left with thei mpression that The Villages was a gated community. I have safety concerns because there are so many dynamics going on all at once. building/construction, vendors/contractors with employed help they probably never do background checks on, renters, people gone from their homes months at a time and many transient people create some real opportunities for the dishonest. Now throw in elderly and the false impression that people living here are all rich and you have motive. Law enforcement would do better by us to patrol neighbors rather than sit on buena vista picking up speeders.
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You are spot on to have concerns ; ditto for your comment on the various dynamics going on all at once.
We noticed the same thing with regard to the huge amounts of "help" and not to be mean or politically incorrect, but most looked like they did not have documentation........who knows if background checks are done on them.
Many probably are just trying to earn their wages, but others could be jealous as to what they perceive as the lifestyle of the rich and whatever....living the life they only dream about. It could be tempting and again, those homes are so easy to break into.
Up here at least we know our pool guys and our landscapers; we all know their families; we've seen them grow up from babyhood........it's a lot different in Florida. Ditto for other workmen. We know our carpenters and plumbers and their families for 40 plus years. People all go to church together and their kids all go to school together.
It's a trifle different with these migrant workers....or transients as you called them. Coming from afar, the place looks a lot different than the picture of safety imagined.........meaning it would not be that difficult to harm an elder if someone wanted to.
If true that the "crime scene" was a self inflicted wound, it's good news and bad news (for the loved ones).
TV may be a friendly enclave of villages, but it still NOT a small town where everyone knows each other.
That said, we did notice a lot of those "neighborhood watch cars" out and about.........but I never saw them at dusk or dawn when someone could be lurking around.....hoodie or not.
Someone who worked for a landscaper...... or pool person.....they just walked right into our lanai to put chemicals in. If someone had their sliders open, anything could happen. Ditto for the guys who power wash the screens on the lanai and birdcage........on the inside, as well as the outside. They could gain easy entry..........as could the landscapers.....who were all around the golf course adjoining the property, as well as the owner's crew.
Very early in the a.m. I might add. Plus, the newspaper guy came very early at or before dawn.
Anyway, glad the story had a conclusion that was NOT "harm done by a stranger."