I remember back in the 70s my mom said she, as a white woman, felt safer on the streets of Port Au Prince than the streets of New York. I recall my (then) wife and I at carnival in Antigua. We were “easy to spot” in a sea of brown, but never even felt harsh eyes on us. Things have changed. I wouldn’t set foot either place now.
Things haven’t changed that much down there. Remember the Fountain Valley Golf Club massacre? Seven tourists were machine gunned in a robbery gone bad.
The event caused a sharp decline in tourism to St. Croix but people forget and over time they still return to unsafe places.
that is also a significant commentary about the streets of NYC in the 70s.