Hi All,
It looks very much like my husband's job is moving us to San Juan in a few months. He'll be working in Hato Rey, and I'll be going to medical school in San Juan, Bayamon, or Caguas (don't know which yet). We aren't fluent in Spanish, though I know enough to get around and get what I need, for the most part.
I have a lot of questions but my main one is about safety. We've heard a lot of negative things from people who are leaving the same job, though some of them are admittedly jaded and your typical self-entitled white Americans. Still, enough to frighten me a bit.
I will be traveling between home and medical school daily by myself, and I wonder about the safety of that. I'm a runner, is there a place in any of those areas for me to run safely, or am I looking at a close relationship with a treadmill for 5 years? And we have two German Shepherds, both purebred. Will they be a target for theft? Is it safe to walk them on the streets or will we get mobbed by packs of roaming dogs?
I've heard a lot and don't know what to believe, so advice from people living there now would be welcome.
Thanks!