05-25-2016, 03:47 PM
"statements like this worry visitors that there was a shoot-out on the main street"
MAIN street....aka West End Road...aka the Beach Road.
Innocent bystanders were shot on Lime Tree Lane last year. Redground and Lime Tree Lane are not frequented by many tourists. When visitors read comments that make the WHOLE of Negril look like the OK Corral it makes them "nervous" and comes off as "hysterical".
You all know I have a flash point about this kind of stuff - but the reality is that the gun violence has nothing to do with tourists or MOST residents in Negril....they are not targeted and the violence takes place OFF the main tourist track (at least so far, one never knows does one).
And for those of us that spend a good deal of time off the beaten track we are all very well aware of what can take place. Night time is not the right time there, not anymore.
MAIN street....aka West End Road...aka the Beach Road.
Innocent bystanders were shot on Lime Tree Lane last year. Redground and Lime Tree Lane are not frequented by many tourists. When visitors read comments that make the WHOLE of Negril look like the OK Corral it makes them "nervous" and comes off as "hysterical".
You all know I have a flash point about this kind of stuff - but the reality is that the gun violence has nothing to do with tourists or MOST residents in Negril....they are not targeted and the violence takes place OFF the main tourist track (at least so far, one never knows does one).
And for those of us that spend a good deal of time off the beaten track we are all very well aware of what can take place. Night time is not the right time there, not anymore.
"Once in a while you can get shown the light in the strangest of places if you look at it right..."
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