Dear Source:
First, I would like to say that anyone responding to this plea would be doing a great service to me, and surely shining up their karma. That said, let me introduce myself. My name is Emily Jackson. I live and work in Indiana in the tourism industry, am the mother of a 4-year-old boy and am planning to move to Charlotte Amalie in July 2001.
I am adamant about moving, but I have been told that I won’t be safe. I have done extensive research and weighed the pros and cons of living on St. Thomas, but research is only that and cannot give me a total picture. What I need is an honest opinion of real life on the island. I need to know if it would be a bad decision on my part to bring my child to live there. We are prepared to face the challenge, but I cannot compromise the safety of my child. I need someone who has lived there for some time to appraise the quality of day-to-day life. I don’t want to know what it’s like economically – I want to know if, in fact, we wouldn’t be safe, and whether my child would be growing up in a good environment. If I can provide any more information that might be helpful, I would be glad to so do.
Thank you in advance for your kind-heartedness. Maybe soon I will be your neighbor and will be able to return the favor.
Emily Jackson
Editor’s note: Please e-mail responses for Emily Jackson to source@viaccess.net. They will be published here in Open Forum for her and others to read.
