[Alice in Wonderland]

Ever been to Ocala? Parts of rural Ocala are like something out of “The Hills Have Eyes.” There are parts of Florida that remain very ingrained in the old Florida cracker lifestyle, and it would not surprise me one bit if that was the case here.

Ocala is the county seat of Marion County. I live in a very rural area of Marion County and although you might look at the residents as characters in "The Hills Have Eyes", I've found them to be very hard-working down-to-earth people, like the folks in Rawling's "Cross Creek".

[rarestia]

I’ve explained in subsequent posts my meaning, FRiend. I wasn’t making a generalization, just that there are parts of Ocala and, heck, parts of rural Florida, that could be a scene of a bad movie, but that doesn’t mean bad people come from there. I’ve been through parts of Okeefenokee and esp. parts of the Glades that put rural Ocala to shame.