I lived on St. Croix a year. An “Artist” (white guy ex pat from the US) was hacked to death in his home with machetes about 2,500 feet from where I lived. Then, a machine gun battle took place at a restaurant I used often. A lady friend of mine was robbed at gunpoint in that incident. Police arrived and that’s when the gunfire started.
So, I said “to hell with it” and moved to Dutch St. Maarten. A couple months after moving there, a couple from South Carolina who owned a restaurant on St. Maarten were hacked to death with machetes in their condo less than a mile from where I live. Another man was robbed in the middle of a public street. The 12 year old son of a friend of mine had his cell phone stolen at knife point in the laundry of an apartment complex.
Like west coast Soro’s towns, the perps are slapped on the wrist. I’m sure the machete murders on St. Croix and St. Maarten are already out of prison. Local news media tend to report each of these incidents in a generalized way one or two times and then you never hear anything more. This ofcourse is because this “News” is bad for business.
I moved back to Texas shortly after the couple on St. Maarten were killed.
And now you’re at the possible flash point of a new Civil war. Otherwise, welcome back to the States.