Weston is on top again (town, Spanish)

[Ben Barbosa]

Originally Posted by shamrockfisher

I don't usually defend Miami but, please, you have enough criminals surrounding you from P.Pines and Miramar to Coral Springs to think that people from Miami are the cause for any trouble there. Urban as Weston? You can't get much more suburban regardless of how quickly you think you can drive at off hours to downtown FTL or MIA. Anyone in South Florida knows just how west Weston is. About as far as you can get from what most people would consider the reasons for anyone wanting to live in South Florida. It's a compromise. A nice neighborhood with good schools but its pretty much an oasis of land dredged from inside the Everglades and surrounded by the Everglades.

Excellent NON *PC response. Finally, a 100% true comment about Weston (thumbs up).

*Politically Correct

[BNBR]

Originally Posted by Ben Barbosa

Excellent NON *PC response. Finally, a 100% true comment about Weston (thumbs up).

*Politically Correct

Lol. You should name your kid PC

[BNBR]

Originally Posted by shamrockfisher

I don't usually defend Miami but, please, you have enough criminals surrounding you from P.Pines and Miramar to Coral Springs to think that people from Miami are the cause for any trouble there.

Urban as Weston? You can't get much more suburban regardless of how quickly you think you can drive at off hours to downtown FTL or MIA.

Anyone in South Florida knows just how west Weston is. About as far as you can get from what most people would consider the reasons for anyone wanting to live in South Florida. It's a compromise. A nice neighborhood with good schools but its pretty much an oasis of land dredged from inside the Everglades and surrounded by the Everglades.

It's a fact that a lot of the crime in west Broward comes from Miami. The point is that the crime that happens in Weston doesn't come from WITHIN Weston. This is due to Weston's proximity to such dense and diverse urban areas. And you are proving that with your comment anyways. Whether you choose to accept the fact or not is up to you. Weston is defined as Urban per the Census Bureau. South Florida is considered an Urbanized Area. You are nit picking and avoiding the point. Podunk Long Island is nowhere near as dense and their infrastructure and communities are set up accordingly. It's a silly comparison.

Miami man convicted of murder in deaths of two Cooper City bicyclists - Sun Sentinel

[shamrockfisher]

Originally Posted by BNBR

It's a fact that a lot of the crime in west Broward comes from Miami. The point is that the crime that happens in Weston doesn't come from WITHIN Weston. This is due to Weston's proximity to such dense and diverse urban areas. And you are proving that with your comment anyways. Whether you choose to accept the fact or not is up to you. Weston is defined as Urban per the Census Bureau. South Florida is considered an Urbanized Area. You are nit picking and avoiding the point. Podunk Long Island is nowhere near as dense and their infrastructure and communities are set up accordingly. It's a silly comparison.

Miami man convicted of murder in deaths of two Cooper City bicyclists - Sun Sentinel

A quick search shows a wife and son murdered in Weston in 2013 by the father who also lived in Weston. A bike rider hit and killed in 2015 by a motorist also from Weston... You facts and logic a bit ridiculous. Yes, Weston has a low crime rate but to say that the crime is from elsewhere and doesn't come from within is as silly as believing you are in a real Urban setting or that Long Island is Podunk.

I have spent a lot of summers on L.I. ranging from East Hampton to Quogue to the North Shore as well as a good deal of time in Weston and honestly, much of Long Island outshines Weston any day of the week.

Keep drinking the kool-aid and not the bug spray.

[BNBR]

Originally Posted by shamrockfisher

A quick search shows a wife and son murdered in Weston in 2013 by the father who also lived in Weston. A bike rider hit and killed in 2015 by a motorist also from Weston... You facts and logic a bit ridiculous. Yes, Weston has a low crime rate but to say that the crime is from elsewhere and doesn't come from within is as silly as believing you are in a real Urban setting or that Long Island is Podunk.

I have spent a lot of summers on L.I. ranging from East Hampton to Quogue to the North Shore as well as a good deal of time in Weston and honestly, much of Long Island outshines Weston any day of the week.

Keep drinking the kool-aid and not the bug spray.

Cool, you should definitely hang out on Long Island a lot. It's paradise....

When I say "podunk Long Island" - I'm referring to the fact that you conveniently talk about Long Island the Hamptons and Quogue and not anything anywhere near Brooklyn or Queens. When you live further out, yeah sure.... it's safer. Whoopie. You are nowhere near the urban cores in East Hampton. If you were 8 minutes from Brooklyn, a gated community may be sensible...

You sound ridiculous because you are essentially comparing an urban area that is more similar to west Long Island to the Hamptons.... really?

Again, we are talking about why a place like Weston has mostly gated communities and it's location close to very urban and diverse areas.

East Hampton is further away from the urban areas than Naples is from Weston... Lol. Your comparison is utterly ridiculous. Sure, it's more rural/sub-urban and safer because you are driving 100 miles away... You can do that here, too. Go live on Marco Island. Loads of safe, non-gated communities.

[shamrockfisher]

Maybe we are cross referencing prior posters. I was responding to Podunk Long Island and taking it as a whole. Meaning, Long Island is very nice in parts of it. I think a prior poster or you have discussed specific areas of Long Island that I am not familiar with.

Weston is safe, absolutely. Crime not from within? Not true. Crime primarily from people driving up from Miami to Weston? Again, I don't agree. Both are small samplings to make those broad statements.

Weston urban? No. If you believe so because it is within a designated Urban Area (South Florida) and if you consider any suburb of an Urban area, urban, then I guess our definitions are different.

[BNBR]

Originally Posted by shamrockfisher

Maybe we are cross referencing prior posters. I was responding to Podunk Long Island and taking it as a whole. Meaning, Long Island is very nice in parts of it. I think a prior poster or you have discussed specific areas of Long Island that I am not familiar with.

Weston is safe, absolutely. Crime not from within? Not true. Crime primarily from people driving up from Miami to Weston? Again, I don't agree. Both are small samplings to make those broad statements.

Weston urban? No. If you believe so because it is within a designated Urban Area (South Florida) and if you consider any suburb of an Urban area, urban, then I guess our definitions are different.

Of course there is SOME crime from within. But the gated communities have more to do with the criminals that drive in from less desirable areas.

Weston is part of an urban area, that is what we are talking about here. No other definitions are necessary.

Again, you are nitpicking unnecessarily off-topic because you seem to feel you need to be right about something.

[shamrockfisher]

Originally Posted by BNBR

Again, you are nitpicking unnecessarily off-topic because you seem to feel you need to be right about something.

Seems to be the case. My main reason for responding was the original statement referencing Miami. Think we're good on everything else.

[ruski]

There is almost Zero crime in Weston to begin with.

Because those who drive form undesirable areas first have to go through the buffer zone represented by Pembroke Pines, Davie Plantation, Sunrise before they even reach Weston.