Anyone been to Jamaica?

[iheartnihilism]

I figured I ask here since there’s such a large demo here.
I’m researching a trip to Jamaica and plan on spending 1-3 nights in different cities.
Every travel book and website forum I read says that Kingston is very dangerous and you shouldn’t even be out at night there.
Am I being ballsy is assuming people are over reacting or should I take warning?
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Some background info: I grew up in a predominantly black ghetto/projects neighborhood in New York. I currently live in what is considered a seedy-ish part of Jersey City NJ. (They recently tore down some projects buildings around the corner from my house that a friend of mine called “the worst thing to ever happen to Jersey City”.* While on a vacation in Boston a few years ago, my boyfriend and I found it too be too hoity toity and when we asked natives how to get to Southside they said stuff like “oh, no.. you don’t want to go there! It’s dangerous!” We went there and had the best time there and felt completely safe boozing up with strangers.
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I feel like people overact because they’re either expecting posh treatment or they’re middle class suburbanites who think anywhere outside of Times Sq at night is dangerous. We’re not going to be staying in any all inclusive resorts or anything near that. I want to experience the country for what it really is, not be surrounded by a bunch of tourists. Am I nuts for thinking we can handle Kingston at night and not worry about being raped/robbed/etc/etc? Has anyone been and if so, can you relate it to something? i.e. “It’s no worse than Harlem/Brooklyn/Newark/Southside/etc. at night.”