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He also needed the safest place possible in which to live, since Sauron had become aware of him and his connection with the Ring.
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Except Bilbo was blissfully unaware of any of that; Gandalf didn't tell him. In fact, Sauron had no idea that "Baggins" and "Shire" were of any significance at all until he interrogated Gollum, not long before Frodo set out.