How safe is it in Santo Domingo for an American woman? Safe to walk around alone during the day? Friends tell me I'm crazy for doing that, but I've traveled all over the world and Santo D. doesn't seem any more dangerous than anyplace else. (Of course there are certain areas I'm not going to go into, but that's a given anyplace.) I'm thinking of moving there and wanting to get feedback on this issue. Most of my time over the last couple years has been spent in La Romana, so I've only been to Santo Domingo once for about a week.