re: Is Montego Bay, Jamaica a family destination place?

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NO, Jamaica is G H E T T O. Bahamas are bad too, but they have nothing on Jamaica. Jamaica is best observed from a walled compound with a nice beach.

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I mean, yes and no. The locals are pretty much all devastatingly poor, but I'm a firm believer in the golden rule as a tourist. If you treat them nice, they'll treat you nice, and everyone will have a gay old time (generally! nothing is guaranteed!)

I'm also a firm believer in the rule of "If you're looking for trouble, you can find it." I've been smart, confident, man of the people tourist, and I've also been idiot-rube tourist in many places.

As an aside, I know people rag on Jamaica a lot, and some of it is deserved, but it's not Thunderdome. Ask anyone about pickpockets and scam artists around Europe and South America. There is a criminal element everyhwere, but there's a difference between being at risk and being irrationally afraid.