[Patty55]

Originally Posted by graciegirl

If you wonder why we are feeling defensive, it is just simply that many of us love this place. It is now our hometown and are friends and peers live here. We network, we feel we KNOW what goes on, we have a lot of time to devote to that. This is the place where we have chosen to come to enjoy the fruits of our labors, we like it very much and are very satisfied with it. Many times people from densely populated areas carry with them the same level of preparedness against crime that they badly needed in their old lives. NO where is completely safe, but it is safer here than in Chicago, or in any large city populated with a lot of people on drugs.

I get defensive when the negative comments come from people who don't even live here. This board, although a little whiny at times, is made up of very open people who really try to help each other. They are very quick to welcome anyone and really don't deserve to be portrayed as a group of drunken bad drivers who have a predator problem. Would you all like the tables turned? Would you like the truth about wherever it is that you call home?

I also get offended when rather than listen to the truth some people get caught up in BS and drama. You take someone like Kitty who I'm sure has more experience than she would like to remember, you people should have listened to her rather than just continue your denial. You might have learned something.

Perhaps you should revert to what you think you can control, dog poop, because you sure as heck aren't going to fix the sexual abuse problem.