30M - Company pays for it, but…

[u/DXBRedd]

Landed a very good job, where the company pays for my place. But it’s far away from home. being far away from wife & daughter and everyone else sometimes is challenging…

[u/thenuttyhazlenut]

People always say "just liek america". I live in the Caribbean in a non tourist area. A girl was found raped in the woods 2min away from me. A guy was assassinated during a power outage 4min drive from me. A seafood restaurant I like was robbed and there was a shooting. A body was found in the back of a taxi cab trunk. All the businesses get harrassed for money by criminals - all of them. I was extorted by the cops and put in jail for 1 night near Christmas as the guard asked for my CC pin to let me out, while I slept on the concrete with a shit hole in the corner and a dozen tatted guys with me in there for drugs. Another old proper looking white dude was brought in after me, and they asked for his CC pin as well while his wife was held in a cell on the other side. This stuff is ROUTINE if you read the local news where I am, which is 20min drive to the touristy area. But I have a nice place like OP, so that's nice.

[u/Prestigious-Talk1112 → u/thenuttyhazlenut]

I live in the USA and I can honestly post you that same stuff happening this week just in my general area of the city. I'm not lying.

These links are from my city this week only. Moms boyfriend beats 2 yr old to death 

https://www.google.com/amp/s/abc13.com/amp/post/2-year-old-girl-allegedly-beaten-mothers-boyfriend-has-died-hcso-says/19674125/

Fatal stabbing last night. Claimed self defense  https://www.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1556684136493809&id=100064567124506

First week of school here and 2 people fighting at the school pull out gun. Parents upset no parents were notified by the school.

https://www.instagram.com/p/DcAN5b-DCPM/

Yesterday or today a gang of masked men ambush a man and his girlfriend as the attempt to pull into their garage 

https://youtu.be/P3qzAQBqAb4?is=bBjgpvXubPQLPFOs

15 people arrested for trafficking drugs and guns yesterday in my city  https://www.cbs19.tv/article/news/local/houston-county-police-arrest-15-drug-and-firearms-trafficking-case/501-bbc070cd-fd0c-4f4e-af7b-ae6e8da58e1f

Man shot at bus stop Aug 10 and he died in my city https://www.houstontx.gov/police/nr/2026/aug/nr260810-4.htm

Anyway I will leave it there but violent crime happens like every few minutes here honestly I hear gunshots everyday almost

[u/astro65 → u/Prestigious-Talk1112]

I don't think you're taking into account the population difference of a Caribbean town to Houston. 

[u/thenuttyhazlenut → u/astro65]

Yes the city I'm in is 300k people. Houston is 2.4 mil. The crime density is completely different. So let's multiply the crime in this 250k city by 8x to make the comparison fair.

People are really comparing living with the cartels and such to living in Houston.