Safety in Jurere
Early on in this blog, I commented that Jurere is a very safe place compared to some places in Florianopolis and indeed in Brazil. However in recent weeks there have been a spate of robberies of local shops, which has made the community a bit jittery. So, for example, the owner of our apartment block arranged for new automatic garage doors which are now no longer open grills, but closed so that no-one can see in - and the local community has arranged a petition asking for more police in Jurere.

However, it seems that not everyone wants an active response to these robberies. Our local gym has put up a notice asking everyone in Jurere to be security conscious and on the alert. This notice brought the police and the estate agents to their door, asking them to take down the notice, since it is not good at election time for an upmarket area like Jurere to be seen as unsafe and also this message will affect house prices!

As the trainer who works in the gym said - the police and the estate agents seem to be unbelievably short-sighted! I found myself wondering to what extent this kind of thing happens in England!