My wife and I bought property on AC and have been traveling there since the late 90's. We just returned from living and working in San Pedro for a year and a half. I get very frustrated when I see people talk about how "crime free" SP is. Since our first trip to SP in 97, the island has changed drastically. I too remember the friendly hellos--and I'm not saying this doesn't happen now. I'm just saying that the amount of crime that occurs in SP needs to be acknowledged. We moved there with the ideal that SP was this utopian place. While living in SP, I was robbed, had personal property stolen from my apartment on a regular basis and was constantly approached by drug dealers. About a month before our return to the states, my wife was the victim of an attempted rape by one of the SP town council workers that rakes the beach. This happened during her morning walk in broad daylight. Now tell me, how idealistic does this sound? I think that anyone who travels to SP needs to be aware of these problems--especially if you are a female traveling alone. Just to name a few things that have happened over the past year in SP--a woman got into a taxi for a ride and was taken back by the lagoon and brutally raped by the driver and left for dead. Also, a security guard at Fido's was recently murdered. There is constant petty theft and American tourists are often targets. I'm not trying to be hateful or rude--this is a reality that everyone needs to be aware of. My wife and I both loved SP, and we still have great friends there, but enough is enough and we came home to the states.