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Originally Posted by les666
mmmm...well, watch the series Caribbean cops to know why St Lucia is not a good idea...on the lines of gangs, drugs and guns.
Cayman islands are lovely, just a shame you need to have such a huge income to become a resident and they get hit by hurricanes so often.. That sound like someone who has been there on a 2 week vacation and never lived or worked on the islands.
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I'm just reading this post myself and I have to disagree on the idea of St Lucia being a dangerous crime area. Caribbean Cops, just like any other TV show is sensationalized in order to attract viewers and sell ads. Yes, St Lucia has crime and is part of the drug trade route, just like every other island in the Caribbean, or really any area of the world. There's no avoiding it.
The positives, however, far outweigh any threat of danger as I have been living here for two years now and have never once felt unsafe or uncomfortable. Rather, the island has been experiencing a tremendous boom in development fueled by the strong pound and euro ratio to the US Dollar. St. Lucia uses EC Dollars, which are permanently fixed to the US at 2.67 to 1. In addition to the great pound/dollar exchange, the island is still very new in the development game and as such, has much lower prices compared to neighboring Barbados. Basically, the island is seeing investors realize the tremendous upside of a newly developed island and getting an investment at half the cost of Barbados, and at half price due to the exchange rate. For certain investors, they're finding a deal that costs 25% of what it will be worth when markets shift, as they always do.
None of this takes into account the absolute beauty of the island, which is really unmatched throughout the Caribbean.