The cops sweeping crime under the rug was definitely a thing growing up where I did, and the local paper was complicit as well. I think one of the real differe

The cops sweeping crime under the rug was definitely a thing growing up where I did, and the local paper was complicit as well. I think one of the real differences between a strictly-tourist town and the island I grew up on was that it also served as an upscale retirement destination for Snowbird types such that it has its own thriving economy and year-round population (in the 30,000 - 40,000 range) so it wasn't strictly dependent on tourism. The surrounding area has also grown and developed into its own area since. Rather interesting to watch the sort-of bootstrapping of the surrounding sleepy town into a thriving area over the years.