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Originally Posted by senior citizen
This is quite unfortunate for the home owner, to say the least and in reading the subsequent posts, it certainly gives residents the creeps....plus I agree, why was he out of jail? Innocent folks should be protected. Retired folks deserve peace of mind in their new surroundings.
We've decided to put our home on the market once we finish "downsizing" and decluttering.......painting, recarpeting, etc..........so this bit of news won't deter us.......however, I agree with the poster who says that we all should be made aware and know what's going on.
Also, can't help but think that this is the difference between really living in a small town where everyone knows each other....and your landscapers are actual residents and children and grandchildren of your own neighbors and townsfolks whom you've known since they were born.........whom you can trust around your house.....ditto for carpenters and pool guys, etc.
This is the difference, sad to say, with TV. No one really knows the families of their workmen.........nor the background of their workmen.
To think that some might be felons or ex cons , does indeed give one a creepy feeling..........
Just this morning, after reading this, we discussed that we would install a security alarm system in our TV home......something we've never ever felt a need for in all our 48 years of marriage............but seems like the right thing to do.
To be fair, even in small towns... people are now urged to lock their doors, whereas in the past.......people left their keys in their cars and doors unlocked. Times have changed all over.......for sure.
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Senior, You are right as usual, but we are so different from a small town and one that we have known everyone for a long time. We are a group of pioneers, strangers to each other, beginning a new life together, and we aren't small either. I have heard that our population now exceeds Ocala.
I think that the Landscaping companies pay very small wages and don't pay for background checks because the turnover with employment is so great.
What we have here that is unusual is that most of us are not working and moving about the streets and have our eyes out for the unusual.
I am convinced that security cameras, now not terribly expensive to install are a great detriment to people attempting to do any funny business.
Many people can view the interior of their snowbird home from their home up North...but I don't suppose you can do that if you have renters.
Never thought of that.
We sit on our neighbors lanai with them and she has her smart phone in her hand and she will hand it over to show a picture on it of us sitting and moving on her lanai. It is stored in cyberspace and gives her some alert when someone comes within camera range when she is away.