And, your point is...........

Oakland California..same population as Belize...20 times the crime rate.......................

Very true, but, bear in mind, Ernie lives there!

This must be an old post. like Harvey.

San Antonio was recently rated #1 in crime
There are at least 1 or 2 murders each day, and home invasions are growing more rampant.

7 to 14 murders per week - in one village - I wonder how I could have missed that on the news - amazing.

aha - I thinking San Antonio Village in Belize - why is this topic posted in the living in Belize section?????

is there a 'dying in belize' section?

ha ha - see you there barn - save me a spot!

When life gives us lemons we make lemonade - I am off to spend some quality time with the kids for a few hours.

Like everywhere, there is a 100% chance of dying.

Living in SAT, where I do, a city of 1.5 million or so souls, I reside in an area where the random chance of being a murder victim, given that I'm not involved in drugs or gangs, is low. But I also go to areas where such random murders have happened in the city to good people. In Belize, with about 300,000 souls living in the whole country, making your "close neighbors" many, the randomness of being a violent crime victim is directly proportional to the living of a high-risk lifestyle or having a lifestyle that would be attractive as a source of goods or cash to a violent criminal.