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| Posted On: | 21-Mar-2005 |
| From: | "gloriawonderous" [sojoro.....com] |
| Subject: | [roatan] Re: Followup question to the crime topic.... |
--- I think that if you are just visiting, you should know enough to be very aware, as you would be anywhere in the world you would visit..it takes a long time to ingratiate yourself to local environment, I stayed in roatan for a month and kept a low profile, as I do anyhwhere I travel, and found it very enjoyable and safe, from the people to the dogs, which you learn to negotiate and if you don't...you should not expect anything. This is not all inclusive, and who wants to go that way? n roatan.....com, "Kristin Kallsen" wrote: > > The truth of the matter is that nobody can accurately answer your questions. > There are no accurate statistics available, many or most crimes are not even > reported to the police. Everyone has a certain comfort or discomfort level > based on their personal experience or anecdotal evidence. Perception is > reality when it comes to these things. > > You really have to spend an extensive amount of time in the area to find out > what you are hoping to learn. Even then you will still be speculating on > what the future will bring. Sorry there are no easy answers on this one. > Perhaps it would be easier to determine how much crime you find tolerable > and then give it a test run. > > My personal feeling is that crime is not much of a concern to the average > tourist on Roatan. Property owners, particularly absentee home owners have > much more to worry about. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: > To: > Sent: Sunday, March 20, 2005 12:37 PM > Subject: Re: [roatan] Followup question to the crime topic.... > > > > > > > > Hello, > > > > My husband and I are in a similar situation to cabeachguy02 in that we > > have been considering buying or building a home in the Bay Islands or on > the > > beaches of the mainland. We have been following this posting for quite > some time > > and have enjoyed the information and input from all of the members. We > would > > be looking at buying this property both for personal use and as an > investment. > > > > Like cabeachguy02 we are quite concerned about the recent postinga > > regarding crime and want to make an informed decsion about the area. We > would also > > like to know from the locals how serious of an issue crime reallly is, > both on > > Roatan and in Tela, La Ceiba, Trujillo and the other beach resorts on the > > mainland. Naturally, it is a concern if one intends to spend time in an > area and > > enjoy it as a second home, but it is also a concern as an investor because > if > > tourists perceive the area to be unsafe and crime ridden they will choose > other > > places to visit and income property will suffer and appreciation in value > > will slow down or stop. > > > > So, our question is the same as cabeachguy02's general question. What > is > > the reality and how big is the problem? Is it worse on the mainland? What > is > > the real scoop? > > > > Thank you very much to all who respond for your time and honesty > > regarding this very important issue. > > > > Dan and Linda http://www.roatanet.com To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/roatan/ roatan- : | |
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