Summerset Lane?

[Irie_Dawta]

For whatever it's worth, after reading this thread I would not stay on that lane and I am far from a nervous nelly! I take it the lane is NOT safe but that everyone is trying to stay PC and in "dont bash Negril" mode.

[Accompong]

For whatever it's worth, after reading this thread I would not stay on that lane and I am far from a nervous nelly! I take it the lane is NOT safe but that everyone is trying to stay PC and in "dont bash Negril" mode.

To paraphrase an old saying "A hill looks like a mountain to an ant" is kind of like "making a mountain out of a molehill".

It isn't about "bashing Negril" or not it is more about personal perception. If I get a feeling that anyplace is not exactly right for me, I leave it or don't go there in the first place. Crime is usually the result of an "opportunity". Take away the opportunity; you probably will eliminate the crime from happening in the first place (most of the time).

Jamaica is generally a poor and struggling country and tourists are generally seen as rich. I am far from a Nervous Nelly too but I would walk Summerset Lane anytime that I perceived it to be "right for me" (me being the operative word in that statement. Everything in Jamaica carries some level of risk or danger but, then again, that is what makes Jamaica so vibrant and alive.

Peace and Guidance.

[Irie_Dawta]

To paraphrase an old saying "A hill looks like a mountain to an ant" is kind of like "making a mountain out of a molehill".

It isn't about "bashing Negril" or not it is more about personal perception. If I get a feeling that anyplace is not exactly right for me, I leave it or don't go there in the first place. Crime is usually the result of an "opportunity". Take away the opportunity; you probably will eliminate the crime from happening in the first place (most of the time).

Jamaica is generally a poor and struggling country and tourists are generally seen as rich. I am far from a Nervous Nelly too but I would walk Summerset Lane anytime that I perceived it to be "right for me" (me being the operative word in that statement. Everything in Jamaica carries some level of risk or danger but, then again, that is what makes Jamaica so vibrant and alive.

Peace and Guidance.

Yes, but you are far more experienced with the culture, with the real Jamaica and it's people - not just Negril and the tourist scene. I think that makes a difference when deciding how/when/where to walk.