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I live in VB. It's not good for locals because the taxes and cost of living is unreasonably high and wages are artificially depreciated by the retired ex-military. As far as tourism goes, what few attractions are available are overpriced. You'll pay twice as much as you would in other tourist beaches. With family in the VB police, I also know that the "low crime" rate usually reported is artificially low due to underreporting and misreporting (eg. public disturbance instead of assault and battery). It is not as safe as the city counsel,police department, or tourism board would lead you to believe. Most of the positive review you find here are posted by hotels, shop owners, and real estate agents trying to keep the influx of tourists to gouge. Until I visited Michigan, Kentucky, Texas, and upstate NY I never realized how rude everyone is here (I thought people were normally inconsiderate). The locals do not care about you unless they can get something from you. I can't wait to get the hell out of here.

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25 September 2008 | A Yahoo! User

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