They certainly do enjoy apples; they come up into Dad's front yard to eat the crabapples off the ground. Which makes the deer themselves good eating!
Yeah, if you see one deer, you can pretty much count on there being more off on the sidelines. And no matter which side of the road they're on, when they see you coming, they want to be on the other side!
An additional note from my experiences around here and at work: just because you're in town, or the suburbs, doesn't mean you can't hit a deer. I've seen several down the road from my work in Tualatin, and it's right in the middle of the Portland suburbs! Not to mention skunks, raccoons, 'possums, and so on. When the towns keep growing, they gotta go somewhere.