STJ safety

For safety in stj just remember your sunblock.

Thanks Betty!
I think I'll send that post to my fretting mama!

Most crime on all three islands are either criminal on criminal or crimes of opportunity. Be aware of your surroundings and don't provide the criminals with an opportunity. I've lived in the VI for 7 years and never had an issue.

I agree with the previous post so far. Especially the sunscreen! Seriously. Just like any town America, know your surroundings, don't find yourself in places a young lady shouldn't be at night, have someone walk you to your car if you work at night. Things like that. Problems always come from the overflow from bars. IE: drunks. Don't go where you wouldn't take you momma.

Come enjoy St John!

No worries. STJ is probably a lot safer than wherever you're coming from.

As far as safety (crime) according to the numbers, St John, St Croix, then St Thomas. St John is by far the safest.

you mean st. john then st. thomas. then st. croix

St Thomas is more populated, is far smaller than St Croix, and overall has more crime than St Croix.

I would like to see a crime stat on the different quarters of St.Croix. I would think three or four of them would have a very low crime rate. Real estate is all about location and some places are better than others.

STT is half the physical size of STX, but the population is about the same.

davidryder -- Just so I can get an idea of your understanding the islands can you tell us how many days,years whatever you have spent on each of them - I have lived full time in STT since 1975, spent maybe 50 days and nights on STX and about 500 mostly days on STJ and I would hesitate to comment on STX or STJ daily life due to my lack of intimate experience.

David, The difference in crime between stt and stx is very small. There is not one that is much safer then the other, unless you are talking about stj. But very few people can afford to live there full time compared to either island. How much is a box of cereal on stj now? $12 or $18? 😉

St Thomas is more populated, is far smaller than St Croix, and overall has more crime than St Croix.

Depends on whether or not it's cereal with raisins.

Do you have to take about a second mortgage for cranberries or dates?

Not here in Los Angeles. Not sure about the VI's. But my guess is that with the banks tightening up their money lending practices, I would think a second or even line of credit for cranberries would be very difficult. I mean, like if you can't get a loan for home, how you gonna get them for fruit.

Actually the population is a little higher on St Croix-

St Croix: 60k
St Thomas: 51k

And the expertise from afar knows all.

St Thomas is more populated, is far smaller than St Croix, and overall has more crime than St Croix.

Actually the population is a little higher on St Croix-

St Croix: 60k
St Thomas: 51k

The expertise from afar appears to contradict himself. Unless I'm just confused, how can St. Thomas be "more populated" but the population on St. Croix be a little higher? Hmmm....

He probably did a lot of math in summer school as i did, way back in the day.

😛

And the expertise from afar knows all.

hahah. love it

St Thomas is more populated, is far smaller than St Croix, and overall has more crime than St Croix.

Actually the population is a little higher on St Croix-

St Croix: 60k
St Thomas: 51k

The expertise from afar appears to contradict himself. Unless I'm just confused, how can St. Thomas be "more populated" but the population on St. Croix be a little higher? Hmmm....

It was a correction I made... is it really that big of a deal?

And these are the people whose word that us newcomers are supposed to take above any facts or figures - people who have a difficult time acting like adults on an internet forum. Riiiightt......

David - I was using humor to point out an inconsistency in the information you provided. You did not note in the 2nd post that it was a correction of your previous "facts". FYI - when I was doing my due dilligence on moving the USVI, I read all of the government reports/stats on the islands. Then I spoke with people (these forums did not exist back then) who actually lived or had lived down here. I got a much more realistic idea of life here from those conversations. All people on this board are trying to do is help and provide information on their own experiences. You can not understand what it is like here from a simple review of statistics. Best of luck to you.