The hood/bario is not a tourist destination: 3 American tourists stabbed in Puerto Rico

PR is a tax haven and I've considered moving there. It's been gentrified to a certain extent by 'rich' Americans moving there.

That said, these guys were just idiots if they rolled into the barrio and started hanging out.

 

Yep.

If you're in a barrio in PR or wherever at 4 am filming and the locals say, "Don't," then, well, "Don't."

"No" means "no".

 

Yeah, that is not a neighborhood that you want to go in.

we were in old San Juan last year, and were approached by an old white man who had had the **** beat out of him. He had also been robbed.

normally, I don’t give money to anyone like that asking for it, but it was clear that this guy was just a normal person that had been roughed up.

in fact, anytime I’ve gone to Puerto Rico and it’s been three or four times now I’ve always heard about similar incidents there.

I’ve been in some sketchy places in the Caribbean, but would never step foot in there

 

FYI: when traveling, if the locals tell you to stop or not do something, take their advice.

I was in Medellin, Colombia few years back. Had to get off the sky tram at a stop earlier because the next line was out of service. I was going to walk around that neighborhood with my buddy.
Local saw us and said, no good, no safe...
We got back on and went back to the city.