There are over 3,000 homes and 7,000 people that live in my very large HOA. We have our own EMS, volunteer fire department, airport, marina, clubhouse, a couple of golf courses, and too many other things to list. A lot of people here know a lot of other people here, as we are all neighbors with common activities. When you get that many people in one place, there will be all types of people.
The problem with a public forum based on a large neighborhood is that a percentage of noisy people are severely affected by “normalcy bias” and ridicule any posts about prepping or anything not from the mainstream narrative, which makes others reluctant to chime in — so it is hard to get momentum in a serious conversation.
That is why I am here.