June.... Sometimes we see things from a different angle.....My question to you is....
why are you in this discussion between Tom88 and libertytyranny?
When rednecks and navy get to arguing.... you simply step back and let them go .... you might get seriously injured if you try to intervene....
Having a navy doctor qualifies libertytyranny for navy.... I'll bet she drinks those caffiene spiked drinks and she's forced to look for a "good" place to live because her husband is deployed a lot [based on the crime questions in her original post]
Tom88 probably still drives the 4wheel drive he used during the snowstorm, volunteering to take the hospital workers in.... [I remember that]... he's probably a Republican who wishes we had a white history month.... bet he's got a bit of Irish in him.... probably a SOMD native...
Anyway....
June.... whether I'm right or I'm wrong about the two people in this fight....
IMHO you should step back and let'em duke it out....
There is no reason for the CRE Board [or potential board] to be poking their nose in everyone else's business here.... The question wasn't
"Is CRE a perfect place to live?". The question wasn't "Is CRE a dump?".
The question libertytyranny brought to the forum was rhetorical.... no one can know if she would regret living in CRE.... I posted my opinion and let it drop.... but it wouldn't because some people want to "defend" CRE.....
CRE doesn't need defending.... It's a diverse community [both in structure and membership] on the shore of the Chesapeake Bay that offers an average quarter acre lot with affordable homes to roughly 4000 people....
Is there crime? .... sure.... there are thousands of humans there....
Is there worship? .... sure..... there must be a dozen different spiritual meetings every week within CRE or within 12 miles of it
Are the schools good? Absolutely.... none finer....
Is there politics? Yep.... down and dirty.... none nastier...
June .... Just because you have been on the board or volunteered for the POA.... it doesn't mean that you are the protector of CRE....
CRE is a POA not an HOA and it's time we started realizing that....