going to st thomas is it safe place??
2007-04-27 06:21:10 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Travel ➔ Caribbean ➔ Virgin Islands
having lived here ( St Thomas) 35 years:
it's just like everywhere else...some parts are safe, some parts not......being only 3 x 12 miles, the safe and not safe areas are closer together than in a big city, but if you use common sense, dont flash money, dont go wandeering down the street with a head full of liquor at 2 AM you'll be fine.........trust your instincts......if you drive thru an area and say to yoruself this doesnt look good.well. keep on going...a half mile down the road is an area that will knock your socks off.....
2007-04-27 09:07:16 · answer #1 · answered by yankee_sailor 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The US Virgin islands are mostly safe. You will have your petty crimes just like any other place in todays world. You need to take certain precautions. Don't flash money or jewelry, be aware of your surroundings at all times especially at night and most of all mind your manners. Your hotel concierge will give you a heads up where it is safe to walk at night.
I remember one time we wanted to walk to a certain restaurant at night and they told us, no it's not safe take the hotel van and a taxi back to the hotel. The thieves can spot the tourists right away. My advise is ask the locals if it's safe to go to certain parts of the island. Enjoy)
2007-04-27 10:07:37 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
you gets responses from human beings motive on transforming into a detrimental photograph of the U. S. Virgin Islands however the reality of the project is you would be as risk-free right here as you will possibly in any vacationer holiday spot supplied you obey the comparable policies you do in case you holiday everywhere else: a million. holiday with a social gathering. 2. stay in nicely lighted factors 3. ward off darkish alleys. 4. do not hitchhike or settle for rides for unlicensed taxis. 5. do not flash high priced upload-ons. lots of the crime information you hear appropriate to the U. S. Virgin Islands are relaxing with numbers. We get hammered for having a intense crime fee as a results of fact we've a low inhabitants. Durka Durka stated some information, yet what the statistic would not coach is that the finished inhabitants of the U. S. Virgin Islands is greater or less a hundred,000. in spite of the incontrovertible fact that very few travelers and transients are the victims of violent crime. Our regulation enforcement isn't the perfect in the worldwide yet i've got traveled adequate to comprehend there a places a lot worse off.
2016-12-10 13:01:35 · answer #3 · answered by eisenhauer 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I was only there in the day time, but it was really nice. I wouldn't do anything stupid, but it's just as safe as the average city in the US, just smaller.
2007-04-27 07:08:20 · answer #4 · answered by Monica T 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes it is, but like other states crimes are commited. way less crimes are commited though because of the smaller population or at leats that's what i tkink. i live in the vi and tourists love this place. the beaches are beautiful, music is great, and the food is fantastic.
2007-04-27 09:10:51 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
The same as NY
2007-04-27 06:43:31 · answer #6 · answered by Happy Feet 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
not for virgins
2007-04-27 06:39:39 · answer #7 · answered by choopie 3 · 3⤊ 1⤋
No.
2007-04-27 14:57:21 · answer #8 · answered by elsa 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋