I’ve got them in my back yard. They keep the stray dog population down so that’s OK because stray dogs rip into pens and kill livestock, while gators pretty much mind their own business. But if I had a toddler, that kid wouldn’t be anywhere near the water because gators aren’t particular about what they eat and are darn near impossible to see in pond vegetation.
A lot of people just shoot the big ones until the kids grow up enough to have some situational awareness.
Some posters on this thread are complete asses.