Man on Fire with Denzel Washington was more accurate. I know people who worked on that film. Nowadays they have this "express kidnapping" where ordinary people are kidnapped for as little as $500 and returned the next day. All carried out by low level street gangs. Very dangerous.
Cartagena, will you be taking your Boxster for drives in the hills?
as for NYC, its no joke but we are no more prepared for a terrorsit attack than we were 5 years ago. I still don't see bomb snfiffing dogs in the subways, no special x ray machines anywhere, barely a few military personnel (not 30 on a single block like you), air port procedureds still suck here at JFK and NEwark, I don't even see special see through garbage cans in the subways. Believe me its on the back of everyones minds. NYC is a very "tense" town in the areas where large numbers of people have to occupy the same space like Penn Station, Grand Central, The Port Authority, etc. not at all "friendly".