I've lived in the country in FL and I've found just the opposite. People do stick their noses into other's business. In the small town, only 1 gas station which included a country store, there were 2 murders in the 1st year we lived there. One was a son killing his dad over a goat. Everyone in the country has a gun. Personally.. i'd stay away from country living.

I have guns and I keep them locked up as I have a person on supervision in my house. But they are necessary as I wear mine riding in the event I get unhorsed and have to defend myself against whatever got me unhorsed.

I am sorry for your bad experience but I can attest that up here in chilly Wisconsin, people are not quite so hot under the collar as they can be in FL apparently. Country living is mostly what people say it is, peaceful (I can walk around outside with my robe on and not offend anyone.) and people say that it is less pressure, which I agree I don't feel the need to keep up with my neighbors as we are all doing our own thing. We don't have all that many murders here, although there have been some most of them not what I would consider close by though. I keep to myself as much as one can, but what I like best is that anyone that wants to do us harm, I'll see them coming, they will have to get through some fence, some animals, swim across a pond or come right up my driveway to harass us in anyway, haven't seen a person or people yet try to do that, but I hear about it all the time from people that live in town no matter how small or big. Which is why I believe it is because they just have too much time on their hands and should come here to shovel some manure... at least they would be doing they something they know about, moving (bull)shit. LOL

wiconsin... I was in Florida. Maybe that was why we have such different experiences.

I am sure of it... Us Midwesterners are not so squirrelly it would appear? Something to consider if you are looking for a place to move. Although do not come here to WI, registry laws have real teeth here, I would suggest Minnesota as their registry is SANE.

I have to admit I don't know anything about the Rsol in Fl.
But my daughter died there in Clearwater. She received horrible treatment
If I had not been there to stay with her 24 hours a day I know it would have been
Worse. The Dr.s were terrible and the nurses rest of the staff treated her and the
entire awful. They would not even come to her room when we used the call button
.A family would go find a nurse to get her pain medicine
When she passed away my son had to go find a someone to pronounce her death.
Sorry I know this is off subject but even after 16 years the mention of Florida brings
out the worst in me. I think they missed the boat of Southern Hospitality.