Posted: 8/3/2008 4:35:41 AM EDT
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I am looking to buy some property in northern Lake County and have been told by some that the locals will vandalize and steal everything left there. Others have said that (mostly realators) that everything will be fine. Does any one have any expeerience in haveing summer cabins or trailers ripped off? |
Heh, I live in Farwell! Clare County > Lake County  
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| I live in Mason county 1 mile from the lake county border. As stated by a another poster it is the poorest county in the state. Sheriff Hilt is a decent guy who tries but with a limited budget. The Deputies are the lowest paid in the state and the turnover is great. They go there till they can find a better paying. Many years ago Idlewild which is just east of Baldwin was a resort area for blacks, mostly from the Chicago area. The county has a very large black population and yes they have a high crime rate. As stated a lot Breakins of summer homes. It has many miles of snowmobile trails and a lot of them go by summer homes. I have a friend who cabin in northern lake county was broken into more times than he could count. He even concreted his woodburning stove to the floor, they cut of the legs at the floor and took it. He finaly had enough and sold out. Last week in Ludington they convicted 3 blacks from Baldwin for the Murder of a Ludington Resident. I would look for a different place for a summer home. JMHO. |
+1 x 1000 |
I just bought property in Farwell. |
My property is in Farwell, in a gated community that allows camping and NO requirement to build, I use it for what you are talking about. It is a little larger than a football field all wooded except the drive that is a two track and it is very tucked back off the road. Only paid 5K. |
Discribe a gated community please? At first I thought it meant like a campground but with a lot size of a football feild it could not be. |
1 main way in and out, access coded gates. Huge place, 1300+ lots, 300 homes built on them with 100 or more lived in year round. 4 lakes, club house, indoor pool year round. |