Don't Move To Orlando Area-crime Is Horrendous!! (Miami, Tampa: incomes, work)

[AMF]

YES!!!!!

I am a realtor in the Sunshine State. There are many areas that are dangerous but I cannot stir people out of those areas! How Sad! So what I can legally tell them is to call the local police and get a crime report for the area they are thinking about buying their home.

We have gangs and thugs roaming the beautiful Metro West Area of Orlando at night! I can't even go show property at night for fear of being robbed or worse!

Deltona, a city in nearby Volusia county is having very serious issues with gangs! It was all over the TV last weekend! It makes me sick!

However, there are still many nice places to live in Central Florida.

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Originally Posted by Gus

Come on guys, you must live in third world like Brazil to see what crime means...

Unless you've been a victim of it and had a gun in your face...i know Brazilians that havent had a gun in thier face

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there might be a problem with crime here..but i still go out anywhere i want ..im not going to let fear run my life......if i die ......then i die.....ive been robbed at gun point and had stuff stolen before in life but i am still here....you just learn from stuff you see in your neighborhood and watch out and take precautions and that is all you can do....if crime finds you there is nothing you can really do after the gun is in your face ....so just wait till then and fear at that point

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Originally Posted by AMF

YES!!!!!



Deltona, a city in nearby Volusia county is having very serious issues with gangs! It was all over the TV last weekend! It makes me sick!

However, there are still many nice places to live in Central Florida.

I lived in Deltona for a couple years and delivered pizza there for 2 years.....i met most of the people in that town that ordered food......I wasnt in fear for my life out there even if some areas werent the greatest to walk around in at the night time....but the gang "problem " there is just a bunch of bored teens trying to act like they are bangin.......they might go spray paint a wall in a shopping center or do some petty things like hitting mailboxes ...and they might smoke some weed out in the front yard wherever they are at ....but they arent putting hits out on people in town and i dont remember seeing murders from gangs there........just some fights sometimes but that's it........well the only thing that i got scared from at all in that town was the X-Box murders and when the love of my life told me i was only a rebound........it might have a weird feeling there but basically its just people that are bored out there....there is nothing to do unless you drive over to DeLand/Orange City to go play pool or something

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Police on I-Drive are a joke...they aren't even doing thier jobs out there....guess they have traffic tickets to give out for busted head lights instead of stopping crimes....lol......I always see this Police car in the intersection by Wet N' Wild and guess what?...there is no cop in it....he is no where around.....i guess he is off hiding somewhere....or maybe the OPD figures that a police car by itself will prevent some one from robbing anyone on I-Drive.......If i was in charge and wanted the tourist area of I-Drive to be safe ....i would at least put a cop in the car by Wet n Wild and a couple on bikes or on foot in the same area just incase the criminals have a getaway car.........then the cop in the car will be ready to follow the criminals....and put another cop car down by the popeyes chicken intersection and one more siting by Club Glow and Wonderworks....with 2 other teams of police on foot between those areas....afterall it is a major tourist area .....so why not "really" have a police precense there to actually prevent criminals from wanting to come out there to rob people?........i heard that the Amigo's resturant on I-drive was robbed at gunpoint before they closed....and people were in it......and they dont really stay open too late either....10pm......is when they close......and the other day i saw 2 British tourists running as if they were scared and if someone was just about to rob them.....they said, "there he is, back there" ...as they passed.......and i looked in that direction and did see a shady person ....i guess he turned around to find another victim....but where were the cops?.....i guess they dont patrol by Club Glow....lol......


I am not scared to go out in these places but i am just saying.....Where are the police when you need them?......They always seem to be there when my front headlight is out or if i didnt come to a complete stop at a 4 way stop when im the only car there.....and i mean a stop of at least 2 seconds.....lol.....guess when i had the hit n run they didnt care because i called them and tryed to follow that car that hit me to get the tag....but i got nothing and by the time id made it back to the sight of where i got hit ...the FHP....said they already sent someone there and couldnt help me unless i waited out there for an hour or so....or when the officer was done working the next call he had involving a crash....lol......these cops are frigin hilarious man


I got robbed at gunpoint in Altamonte at 7-11....and i saw a cop even pass after the robber took off and the cop wouldnt even look my way ....i guess me waving wasnt enough....he had to go pull someone over for j-walking i guess...well i made a report and they said they would do what they could after waiting for the next cop to come and take the report.......this frigin guy that robbed me was out there long before i went into the gas station.....and i thought he was just asking people for cigaretes outside or something because i saw him talking with other random people out there before i went in......when i got out i guess he decided to rob me and no one else ....i guess no one else notified the cops if they did get threatened out there ....i guess......well i guess this guy is still running loose out there....and i get a ticket for my frigin headlight....lol

[silvio]

Metrowest is the real disappointment because the area is super nice with beautiful condos, apartments, homes, new construction, commericial....however it's right in the backyard of Crime Hills and all the trash along Kirkman. I almost bought a place out there a few years back but was deterred by the nightly reports of asaults. However...all occured on the "outskirts" of Metrowest but still too close for comfort. Millenia used to be nice until it got trashed out being that it's close to Americana and OBT.

More and more this city is becoming a mix of Los Angeles and Miami.

[carolac]

I just saw on the news tonight that the Metrowest residents have been fed up with the crime and hired off duty cops and retired police officers to patrol the streets. The crime dropped from 24 incidences in March to 2 in June. I'm not exactly sure if that's just residential areas as opposed to apartment complexes, but I was pleased the citizens seem to be taking matters into their own hands in a positive way. They interviewed residents who contributed to paying the off duty and retired police, and they said it was going to continue to the end of the year and then they will decide from there if they will continue to do it.

Originally Posted by silvio

Metrowest is the real disappointment because the area is super nice with beautiful condos, apartments, homes, new construction, commericial....however it's right in the backyard of Crime Hills and all the trash along Kirkman. I almost bought a place out there a few years back but was deterred by the nightly reports of asaults. However...all occured on the "outskirts" of Metrowest but still too close for comfort. Millenia used to be nice until it got trashed out being that it's close to Americana and OBT.

More and more this city is becoming a mix of Los Angeles and Miami.

[Nirvana-Guy]

Originally Posted by AMF

I am a realtor in the Sunshine State. There are many areas that are dangerous but I cannot stir people out of those areas! How Sad! So what I can legally tell them is to call the local police and get a crime report for the area they are thinking about buying their home.

We have gangs and thugs roaming the beautiful Metro West Area of Orlando at night! I can't even go show property at night for fear of being robbed or worse!

Deltona, a city in nearby Volusia county is having very serious issues with gangs! It was all over the TV last weekend! It makes me sick!

However, there are still many nice places to live in Central Florida.

You know, I GREW UP in a house in Metro West and we moved to Lake Mary because it was sooooooooo dangerous. One of the big reasons why MetroWest became hell is because they:

1. Built that Walmart on the corner of MetroWest Blvd and Kikrman and that brought out every scum bucket, drug dealer, pedophile, and robber from Raleigh Street and Pine Hills down there.

2. The apt complexes in MetroWest let 15 people live in a 1/1 apt. These guys prowl around the parkinglos all day long, harassing women and breaking into cars.

3. MetroWest has some ghetto people from Kirkman coming in to rob people too. It is not just Pine Hills (aka. Crime Hills) it is also Kirkman that has become a ghetto too!! I lived on Kirkman back in 1994 and it was all familes, very safe and clean. Now it is a ghetto like Semoran blvd or Goldenrod.

I am sad to hear Deltona has become gangland. It was safe in 2004 when we almost moved there. You know, Deltona is a major gathering point for illegal aliens and as you can expect, the illegal gangs moved in with the illegals.

Why can't we just secure the dangoned border?? How hard is that??

Originally Posted by THASPECIAL

Unless you've been a victim of it and had a gun in your face...i know Brazilians that havent had a gun in thier face

Ha, I knew Brazilians that were pulling guns on people's faces left and right, robbing them in Oakridge. They were some of my clients when I worked in the legal dept in orlando. And of course, they were ALL here ILLEGALLY! But hey, why should they leave if they have a chance of getting an amnesty from the Senate and Presidente Jorge Busho?

Originally Posted by THASPECIAL

there might be a problem with crime here..but i still go out anywhere i want ..im not going to let fear run my life......if i die ......then i die.....ive been robbed at gun point and had stuff stolen before in life but i am still here....you just learn from stuff you see in your neighborhood and watch out and take precautions and that is all you can do....if crime finds you there is nothing you can really do after the gun is in your face ....so just wait till then and fear at that point

It is nice that YOU are ready to die. If I had to luve in Orlando (which I don't) I would rather have gun and die but at least take a bastard criminal with me. I would fight to the bitter end to protect my life... there is no way I would be some helpless victim out there. Crackhead wants to kill me... well, he will have to fight me and my gun first!! At least I would help Orlando reduce crime by 1 less crackhead.

Most people in Orlando just die in the hands of some criminals. Mind you, if you are LUCKY you will just die, but in Orlando most of the dead ones we see are usually sexually assaulted first then they die..... Yeah but if you want to live in Orlando, then you HAVE TO BE PREPARED TO DIE, just as this poster is ready to die himself. Your life is worth about $12 worth of crack cocaine to some moron down there. I would fight to death first if someone wnated to kill me.

No wonder I left Orlando.... why should I be ready to die at a moment's notice just so I can live in orlando. It makes no sense, man. And I lived in a good area too (Lake Mary) but it is having to work in orlando that causes the danger/threat level to go up.

Originally Posted by silvio

Metrowest is the real disappointment because the area is super nice with beautiful condos, apartments, homes, new construction, commericial....however it's right in the backyard of Crime Hills and all the trash along Kirkman. I almost bought a place out there a few years back but was deterred by the nightly reports of asaults. However...all occured on the "outskirts" of Metrowest but still too close for comfort. Millenia used to be nice until it got trashed out being that it's close to Americana and OBT.

More and more this city is becoming a mix of Los Angeles and Miami.

Hey man, take my word for it.... 12 years just in MetroWest... it has become a piece of Hell on earth. I am not even sure what is worse... Kirkman road or Semoran Blvd.... Kirkman has become an urban-sprawled ghetto by all means.

Originally Posted by carolac

I just saw on the news tonight that the Metrowest residents have been fed up with the crime and hired off duty cops and retired police officers to patrol the streets. The crime dropped from 24 incidences in March to 2 in June. I'm not exactly sure if that's just residential areas as opposed to apartment complexes, but I was pleased the citizens seem to be taking matters into their own hands in a positive way. They interviewed residents who contributed to paying the off duty and retired police, and they said it was going to continue to the end of the year and then they will decide from there if they will continue to do it.

I think it was publicity that brought crime down. Remember, just because the number of "incidents" has gone down doesn't mean the crime rate has gone down. They can count certain crimes as "incidents" and on other times not count it. Keep in mind we had a mini-scandal a while back where city cops were being asked to write crime reports and say the crime happened in the county area (unincorporated) to make the city crime stats look better.

So don't trust these things too much.... look around and get a feel for the danger level in your area.

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Originally Posted by Nirvana-Guy

It is nice that YOU are ready to die. If I had to luve in Orlando (which I don't) I would rather have gun and die but at least take a bastard criminal with me. I would fight to the bitter end to protect my life... there is no way I would be some helpless victim out there. Crackhead wants to kill me... well, he will have to fight me and my gun first!! At least I would help Orlando reduce crime by 1 less crackhead.

Most people in Orlando just die in the hands of some criminals. Mind you, if you are LUCKY you will just die, but in Orlando most of the dead ones we see are usually sexually assaulted first then they die..... Yeah but if you want to live in Orlando, then you HAVE TO BE PREPARED TO DIE, just as this poster is ready to die himself. Your life is worth about $12 worth of crack cocaine to some moron down there. I would fight to death first if someone wnated to kill me.

No wonder I left Orlando.... why should I be ready to die at a moment's notice just so I can live in orlando. It makes no sense, man. And I lived in a good area too (Lake Mary) but it is having to work in orlando that causes the danger/threat level to go up.



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Hey i agree about being prepared ....i was just saying that from my experience of being robbed at gunpoint a few years back at 7-11 in Altamonte off of Douglas Rd...........i really didnt expect a gun to be in my face so fast and was defensless....so i just prayed in my head and tryed to talk this guy away from shooting me......but yeah..thats all you can do....you cant be afraid to go places just because of crime or fear.....you should stay away from certain areas granted, but if you had to go there for some reason then i wouldnt let fear be in your mind....when the point comes when its your time and a gun is in your face...there's pretty much nothing you can do......that's all i was reall saying...but i agree you should carry a gun or have some kind of protection out here nowadays....

[Coming2FL]

I almost made the mistake of stooping to respond...My posts were made in response to someone who knew I was joking (...called sarcasm) and asked me a question, I answered. Crime is everywhere be it Baltimore, Orlando or L.A. All cities have bad areas and good areas. Balimore has good areas...Fells Point for example...the people never left the '80's (Members Only jackets, Fiero's, big hair, etc.,) but it's still a good area...just as I can assume that not all areas of Orlando are bad.