You are a major mover and shaker on a major Blog site.  That makes you more than just a pissant.  But as you know, most people like to bluster, few are crazy enough to actually carry out a threat.  But the ones that are crazy enough to try, are not going to be denied by a gated community.  I wonder if the gate just gives a false sense of security in that regard.

I lived in a very violent society for a long time, we had security gates, 6 ft walls topped with 6 strand electric fencing, alarmed premises and armed guard response services.

It may not be a "nice" way to live, it is a safe way to live.

Keep the bad out and do what is best for your family and home. Protect you and yours.

When I lived on base, I said I lived in a "gated" community. The thing is that bad things still happened there, rapes, robberies etc. I know it's not a real "gated" community but how do you know what who you're gated in with are all upstanding, unthreatening people. Just because they can afford to live in a gated community doesn't mean there aren't still violent people living in the neighborhood.

Oh my gosh that is terrible! That is so disturbing that someone would actually call your house and make threats, I had no idea you had to put up with that. I think in your place a gated community would make me feel safer too.

That's why I've always preferred to stay out of the spotlight. I don't like all the attention that goes along with that. Though, if people ever threatened me, I'd track them down and show up at their house. I don't respond well to those kinds of things...not at all.

~Zoo

Colleen and I live in a gated community, with guards on the gates, we get no solicitors, ever, no Jehovah witnesses no one, if you come to the gate and ask for me, the gate calls me to see if you are welcome.

So far, in five years there has been no crime to speak of, A couple construction workers got caught stealing new appliances.

My wife can go for a walk at 2 in the morning and I do not feel like I must get up, arm myself and escort her.

We have access to two olympic pools, one indoor, one out, two massive hot tubs one inside, one outside, tennis courts, golf course, bocce ball court, croquet space, horse shoes space, a state of the art exercise room in the main club house, weights, stationary bicycles, treadmill and a weight trainer to make sure you do not kill yourself.

The only pain in the rear is the CCNR"S that is a bunch of rules about how you property must look on the outside, no broken cars, lawn always neatly trimmed, trees same way, it is so clean here that paper on the street is an aberration.

Very safe for you, your wife and most of all your ankle biters heh!

When I was reporting on the 6 and 10 news every night..I got a lot of mail. Usually about the outfit I wore for a particular story, or hair style, one woman sent me ear rings made out of bones.

No one ever threatened me but a couple times I took some pretty bizarre heavy breathing kinda phone calls.

I was in Kroger once and some guy came up to me and was chatting. (very common..I guess people think they know you when you are in their living room everyday) He kept looking in my cart at what I was buying....I love chocolate and had some chocolate covered cherries on it. For about two weeks after that, a box of chocolate covered cherries arrived at the station for me every single day. No note, nadda.

Kinda freaked me out it was so persistent. TO this day I don't know if it was the guy from Kroger or a friend messing with me....

You can imagine the cherry jokes I endured....  

All that to say I was only a local tri-state reporter...you are out there in a much bigger way. If a gated community isn't something you want, consider a state of the art security system in a house on about 3-4 acres.

I don't do well with threats because my attitude is "bring it!" But I have to be prepared when they do bring it...unfortunately when we have children, saying "bring it" usually means they become targets.

I say, safety first, who cares how the rest of the world perceives it.

I was in Kroger once and some guy came up to me and was chatting. (very common..I guess people think they know you when you are in their living room everyday) He kept looking in my cart at what I was buying....I love chocolate and had some chocolate covered cherries on it. For about two weeks after that, a box of chocolate covered cherries arrived at the station for me every single day. No note, nadda.

Ew that is creepy! Not to mention the bone earrings!!

Ew that is creepy! Not to mention the bone earrings!!

HAHAHAHA.

Yeah I thought for SURE there would be poison or razor blades or SOMETHING in the cherries, so I gave them my least favorite production guy. Heh. JUST KIDDING. We (meaning the whole newsroom) did eat them though. How dumb was that?

I don't know what happened to the ear rings. I think I left them in my desk when I moved on by accident. A good gift for the next gal!