Old San Juan is huge tourist spot. Plenty of tourist roam through La Perla daily to buy drugs and other shyt. They not just go kill a random breh for no reason and make the spot hot and fukk up they money.
there are folks in here who have been to these countries, know the deal, are telling it like it is and providing good info on how to move, and then there are those who simply haven’t been...hopefully prospective travelers to these spots (PR, DR, brazil, colombia, etc.) realize who to listen to bcuz it can literally be a matter of life and death
there was a time when being an american provided you with a little bit of a shield of protection when traveling to these countries but over the last few years in particular, there have been a lot of black american men who have been killed in these spots...and A LOT of it could’ve been prevented from the way they move...leave the jewelry, expensive clothes and fukking weed habits back home...dudes literally come off the plane asking where to buy weed at...and this is not hyperbole...and expat business owners are a whole other story
also most importantly leave behind the belief that you can move in these places like you move back home