Trailer,

We've been visiting this island for 40+ years and you can't begin to imagine the changes we've seen. But we've seen these changes all over including right here in this quaint little New England town we choose to live in.

But that said, we still look forward to each and every trip we're fortunate enough to be able to make. With special regard to Grand Case, yes....they did have problems there about a year or so ago, and they banded together as a business community to make their patrons and their neighborhood safer. Kind of like a neighborhood watch for their particular neighborhood.

And from all appearances, it does seem to have worked. Or at least I haven't read about any incidents there since they took these measures which isn't to say there may or may not have been problems I've missed.

Personally speaking, I don't feel any more or less safe on SXM than I do anywhere else I've traveled and the armed gendarmes to me are just one more layer of protection. I do try to keep my head about me and I am more aware of my actions and my surroundings than I was all those many years ago, but I chalk those precautions as much to my age and level of awareness as I do potential criminal actions on the island. <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/handshake.gif" alt="" /> <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/handshake.gif" alt="" />