06-20-2007, 07:32 AM
It is unfortunate that Puna has the reputation it does, but the reputation is well deserved and backed up by stats. However, as has been pointed out before, most crime in Puna is non-violent, larcenous crime. Violent crime is an exception but does occur. Whether it could be considered bad or not depends on where you are moving to Puna FROM. If you are moving from Austin, where a mob killed a passenger in a car that caused non-life threatening injuries to a child, Puna might be an improvement. http://www.woai.com/mostpopular/story.as...a8d3363979
All I know is that when I am in Puna, I don't feel like I am in a high crime zone, as I do when I go to my condo in the French Quarter in New Orleans. There, I might take a taxi just to go to the other side of the Quarter at night, so I won't get killed. Don't feel that way in Puna. I feel safe...but I feel like my camera and laptop (and washer and dryer and water pump) are quite vulnerable.
Obviously this crime was situational and had to do with the relationship between uncle and nephew. The perpetrator won't bother anyone again.
All I know is that when I am in Puna, I don't feel like I am in a high crime zone, as I do when I go to my condo in the French Quarter in New Orleans. There, I might take a taxi just to go to the other side of the Quarter at night, so I won't get killed. Don't feel that way in Puna. I feel safe...but I feel like my camera and laptop (and washer and dryer and water pump) are quite vulnerable.
Obviously this crime was situational and had to do with the relationship between uncle and nephew. The perpetrator won't bother anyone again.