What are the worst places in Belize to live and retire?
Boris Mannsfeld - Boris Mannsfeld & Associates
The worst place to retire in Belize has to be Belize City. You do not want to retire in Belize City. It is the biggest city in Belize, with about 60,000 people. A lot of business happens there, but in terms of foreigners or tourists, there is almost nothing. In Belize City, there’s nothing to do, but the rest of Belize is pretty pleasant. Personally, I wouldn’t live in Belize City because I would be bored.
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The worst place to retire in Belize has to be Belize City. You do not want to retire in Belize City. It is the biggest city in Belize, with about 60,000 people. A lot of business happens there, but in terms of foreigners or tourists, there is almost nothing. In Belize City, there’s nothing to do, but the rest of Belize is pretty pleasant. Personally, I wouldn’t live in Belize City because I would be bored.
In addition, you will read about crimes in Belize City because it has a high murder rate and there are specific places in Belize City where the gangs hang out. Gang members are killing gang members, which is why they have a high per capita murder rate. Since there are only about 60,000 people there, and they have murders every once in a while, due to these gangs, the per capita murder rate rises. In fact, Belize City has the highest per capita murder rate in the world.
To compare this with another place in Belize, in Placencia, which is where I live, the last murder was about eight years ago and the killer was from some other place in Belize. Eight years from the last murder is not too bad.
Posted December 1, 2014
Christian Burn
The worst place to retire in Belize is Belize City. A third of the population of Belize lives in Belize City. It is a very large city, not very safe, and not very pretty city, either.
There are not really the activities that you are looking for that you would expect in the city, like good shopping or cultural things to do. Those things are not offered in Belize City. However, everywhere else in the country certainly has that. Everywhere else has decent shopping, regional...
There are not really the activities that you are looking for that you would expect in the city, like good shopping or cultural things to do. Those things are not offered in Belize City. However, everywhere else in the country certainly has that. Everywhere else has decent shopping, regional...
The worst place to retire in Belize is Belize City. A third of the population of Belize lives in Belize City. It is a very large city, not very safe, and not very pretty city, either.
There are not really the activities that you are looking for that you would expect in the city, like good shopping or cultural things to do. Those things are not offered in Belize City. However, everywhere else in the country certainly has that. Everywhere else has decent shopping, regional nuances that are significant, and they have the beauty that people expect when they come to Belize. Other places have a natural beauty while Belize City just does not have any of that. That is the only place that doesn’t.
There are not really the activities that you are looking for that you would expect in the city, like good shopping or cultural things to do. Those things are not offered in Belize City. However, everywhere else in the country certainly has that. Everywhere else has decent shopping, regional nuances that are significant, and they have the beauty that people expect when they come to Belize. Other places have a natural beauty while Belize City just does not have any of that. That is the only place that doesn’t.
Posted December 2, 2014
Macarena Rose - Rainforerst Realty
The areas that are best to be avoided, if you are looking at moving to Belize, are areas where you do not find a lot of expats. With that said, the areas that you find the most expats are San Pedro, Ambergris Caye, San Ignacio in the Cayo District, Placencia, Hopkins, Belmopan and Corozal (pictured). Those are the main places where expats move. Expats found those areas to be what they are looking for as a place to live where they feel safe. They...
The areas that are best to be avoided, if you are looking at moving to Belize, are areas where you do not find a lot of expats. With that said, the areas that you find the most expats are San Pedro, Ambergris Caye, San Ignacio in the Cayo District, Placencia, Hopkins, Belmopan and Corozal (pictured). Those are the main places where expats move. Expats found those areas to be what they are looking for as a place to live where they feel safe. They are part of the community, and they can immerse themselves into the culture.
Posted January 30, 2015
Chris Leonard - Paradise Found Belize Real Estate and Development
The worst place to live and retire in Belize is Belize City. It is over saturated and there are crimes resulting from gang activities. Unfortunately, some areas in Belize City are no different than what you would find in the United States, like the worst neighborhoods in Detroit or Compton (a suburb of Los Angeles). With limited educational resources and rap music, some of the individuals in Belize believe that what’s being said in the music is what life is and they try to...The worst place to live and retire in Belize is Belize City. It is over saturated and there are crimes resulting from gang activities. Unfortunately, some areas in Belize City are no different than what you would find in the United States, like the worst neighborhoods in Detroit or Compton (a suburb of Los Angeles). With limited educational resources and rap music, some of the individuals in Belize believe that what’s being said in the music is what life is and they try to emulate that. You can imagine how that happens.I went out for lunch with a government official and his son in Belize City. We had armed guards to go through Belize City, not necessarily armored cars, but everyone with us was carrying a gun. That was just for peace of mind.
Belize City is not a very nice place to visit. When the big cruise ships come in they tell you to not go too far away from the docks. That is the worst part of Belize. It is like night and day compared to the rest of Belize. I spent a good amount of time just traveling around the country to see everything. Placencia is really laid back and it’s definitely the richer area of the mainland and it is clean. It’s just like if you were driving from Beverly Hills down to Compton, you see the difference, you see the same type of difference going from Placencia and Belize City.
You hear about robberies every now and again. I was never afraid for my life or concerned about being robbed anywhere in Belize, with the exception of Belize City. That was a place I definitely needed some extra protection.
( The cruise ship Liberty of the Seas off the coast of Belize, pictured.)
Posted February 28, 2015