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Originally Posted by mickey100
Great post. Those who think The Villages is completely secure because we have those gates in place that anyone can get through, are just not too smart. And we have some posters, probably affiliated with the developer, that will try to downplay any crime, because they are concerned it may negatively affect housing sales. I do think most people use common sense and realize there are burglaries that take place, and take adequate precautions. We all get lax and it doesn't hurt to be reminded every now and then to lock our front doors and keep the garage door down.
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It isn't completely secure but I would be one of those people who think this place is more safe than most places in the U.S. I come from 73 years of living in places that are low crime and I think this is similar to those places.
Of course we should use common sense. Common sense is looking out the window and not seeing strangers walking around the neighborhood. Common sense is knowing if a yard crew came in to the house to rob it, they wouldn't get very far. Common sense tells you that almost everyone is NOT working but keeping our eye on our stuff and our neighbors stuff and dogs pooping etc.etc. Common sense and gates that anyone could enter doesn't even enter the equation. I don't think robberies, burglaries and vandalism occur much here. We all ride around a lot in our golf carts and we all are watching what is happening and a good many of us are telling what happens here. We come from the ethical generation and most of us are ethical, responsible and aware. That is how we were able to have the smarts to live our lives so we could retire to a great place like this.
A lot of people are positive about this place in a most genuine manner and they are not paid for it. There are some documented cases of moderate thinkers slightly to the right who are honest and fairly smart.