Summerset Lane?

[rastagirl777]

Having friends who have homes in any neighborhood doesn't make me biased...just makes me experienced with the neighborhood on the basic visiting level.

I don't see what my friends or family that LIVE there have to gain by someone staying on the road as a tourist - they don't have businesses there. And as far as "property value", that's not even a concern for anyone I know living there. So I don't get how I'm "biased" - I'm just stating my opinion based on MY experience.

Yes - I have been traveling to Negril "as a tourist" since 1983. I've been living in Negril part time since 2002. Not that that has anything to do with the price of tea in China. And truthfully, I haven't "polled" my friends who have been living full time in Negril anywhere from ten years to thirty years as to their thoughts about safety on that lane. I'm just stating my own experience. No right or wrong - no challenges to those living there at all. And I see I'm not the only one stating an opinion here, lol. There are quite a few other Negril "vets" chiming in in both directions.

Look - the neighborhood I live in was once considered "wild west" and not all that safe. When I first moved there it was just that - a residential neighborhood. A lot of tourists would not feel comfortable walking around that area either. But that is why I love(d) it - I'm the type of person that prefers to be in a neighborhood, amongst a community and not in the "middle" of things. I know that is not everyone's preference as a matter of fact - it is NOT most tourist's preference anywhere - location, location, ,location.

I have to laugh though because my husband's best friend bought his property there in 1972 (my GS's father)...so one of the first places I checked out when I was first coming to Negril WAS Summerset Lane.