Street cats...

In my neighborhood a lot of people prefer to have an "outside" cat (which is basically just a street cat) over an in door one. I am not sure why, to me I would think the cat would be more likely to attract diseases and such. I prefer to have my cats inside where I know they are safe and sound. The only time I might not have an in door cat is if I took them off the street since they might have flees, be dirty, and might not be used to an in door environment.