The Happiest Place on Earth
"So far this year Orlando has recorded 33 homicides — just three short of a 1982 record, and with almost half the year left. Continued killings at this pace could put the city made famous by Mickey Mouse uncomfortably among the top 15 for the highest per-capita murder rate in the country" (Yahoo! News).
Proof, again, that cities should be banned. Okay, that's a bit far reaching, but give me the rural life. I'd rather shop in a small country store than a supermarket or walk down a meadow lane rather than a side walk. And I'd much rather have the crime rate of a small farm community than that of a metropolitan area.
Part of what draws me to Maine — aside from family — is that there are established communities with most of the services and many of the benefits of a large urban area without problems of the same scale. Part of me would love to live in Orlando as I know someone very special there, but the town I know is too congested, crowded, and flat for my tastes. It is no Kittery, Maine.
