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Originally Posted by ssmith
Wow, I do understand that the kids there need places to hang out and most are likely harmless and this is probably way over exaggerated however....
I do get intimidated when I see a pack of teens (that is what I called them when my own son hung out with his friends) all hanging out together...you just never know.... Once while visiting there we found some sitting in our golf cart in the parking lot....no apparent issues and they did move but it was a bit intimidating....just saying.
Glad for the police that do patrol there.
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I would understand how that could be intimidating.....
Returning to your golf cart to see strangers sitting in it.....
No matter if it was our car or a golf cart......it shouldn't be "taken over"....
In a perfect world, the parents of those teens would open up their homes and make it hospitable to their friends.......it's what we all did up here.
Teens need a place to go and be with their friends. I always felt better knowing ours were at home and their friends were always welcomed.
They would play with those early video games, watch t.v. (nothing like what it is now)......swim in the pool, etc........but at least we knew they weren't driving all over and we were at home as well.
I always kept the frig stocked with ice cream and snacks, fruit on the island, etc......they always left my kitchen clean and the great room neat......even though some stayed until 3 a.m. (during summer vacation or school breaks; not school nights). Those with summer jobs (all of them actually), would stop by after work; like from Friendlies Ice Cream parlor.... and meet up with the rest of the group.
They were good wholesome teens.....who all now are parents themselves. All graduated college and made a good life for themselves.
Same thing once they went off to college........when they'd return home, their friends were always welcome.
Kids just need a place to "go". They never had to hang out on corners or with old folks in golf cart communities.......