[golfing eagles]

Originally Posted by Taltarzac725

They can afford private security in their homes if needed.

Sorry Tal, that wasn't the reason. Let's just say they had "family" security.

[Taltarzac725]

Originally Posted by golfing eagles

Sorry Tal, that wasn't the reason. Let's just say they had "family" security.

Well I guess that made them an offer they could not refuse.

[golfing eagles]

Originally Posted by Taltarzac725

Well I guess that made them an offer they could not refuse.

exactly!

[rsmurano]

Originally Posted by swooner

Have you never witnessed a bad accident in TV. I’ve seen several that have never been reported in the Daily Fish Wrapper.

Big deal, traffic accident. Some old f@rt probably tried to turn left in front of oncoming traffic.
I’m more interested in hearing about riots/shootings/gang activity that might affect our well being. You won’t hear about these crimes in TV, not because the paper doesn’t report them, it’s because they don’t happen here

[patfla06]

Originally Posted by Full-timer

It is a shame that The Villages" cover up" all the crime and accidents going on.
So many people have no clue about what happens here.


This "gated community" is a joke. Any Tom, Dick, or Jane can walk right in anytime they want.

What would it take (and cost) to make it a real gated community, and would it help ?

6 years in, not the wonderful place it is claimed to be.

Did you know The Villages is the safest place in Florida?

I lived in a truly gated and guarded neighborhood in Tampa for many years. It was in a large subdivision which had a few gated neighborhoods but ours was the only guarded one.

It cost each family close to $4,000/yr. We had to pay to repave the roads since they were truly private.

The Villages is the SAFEST place I have ever lived.

It is good to not live too close to a major city.

[patfla06]

Originally Posted by djlnc

Makes me wonder though...the bad guys might figure out that things are easy picking at The Villages because everyone is so trusting.

I would NOT say we are all so trusting.

Many of us came from the north and will never be so trusting.

I grew up in NY & worked in NYC. Believe me when I say I always know my purse is safe.

If you want to keep up with what really happens here read the online “paper.”

[Taltarzac725]

Originally Posted by rsmurano

Big deal, traffic accident. Some old f@rt probably tried to turn left in front of oncoming traffic.
I’m more interested in hearing about riots/shootings/gang activity that might affect our well being. You won’t hear about these crimes in TV, not because the paper doesn’t report them, it’s because they don’t happen here

There was a gang stealing golf carts at one time. Not sure when this was though.

Multiple arrests made in ‘golf cart theft ring’ operating near The Villages – Orlando Sentinel

[Bogie Shooter]

Originally Posted by taltarzac725

there was a gang stealing golf carts at one time. Not sure when this was though.

multiple arrests made in ‘golf cart theft ring’ operating near the villages – orlando sentinel

2017, ?

[Muzik]

Originally Posted by Get real

So if the Villages "cover up" all this crime, how do you know about it?

I think the writer is referring to the fact that the Daily Sun does not mention negative happenings in The Villages. We get that information from other sources.

[golfing eagles]

Originally Posted by Muzik

I think the writer is referring to the fact that the Daily Sun does not mention negative happenings in The Villages. We get that information from other sources.

Yeah, right, that must have been his intent.....

[Taltarzac725]

Originally Posted by Bogie Shooter

2017, ?

I think there were other instances of this.

[jaj523]

You have been misled. The Villages was never meant to be a "gated" community.

The gates are there as traffic control devices. They slow people down. And the cameras at the gates take a picture of every car and person who enters. The streets are PUBLIC streets that can be accessed by anybody. That's what the red buttons are for.

The gatekeepers (where they exist) are there to give directions, greet people, and keep an eye on what is going on (among other things).